A lazuli bunting, known for living on the West Coast, visited the bird feeder at Meigan Madden Rocco’s Flanders, Long Island home to the pleasant surprise of bird lovers near and far.

It sometimes hybridizes with the lazuli bunting. Monotypic ... mottled brown and blue early in winter. Summer female: dull brown, usually with 2 faint wing bars and in­distinct streaking on ...