The name lazuli derives from the stunningly blue mineral, lazurite, or blue stone called lapis lazuli. Seeing the small 5-inch-long lazuli bunting ... song is a variation of songs from older ...

The lazuli bunting was found in Meigs County. “This is very likely the first documented report of this species touching down in The Buckeye State!” the division said in a social media post.

Such records are rare as hen’s teeth. Thus, on Jan. 4, the birding communication networks lit up with news of a lazuli bunting that was discovered by Moses Troyer in rural Meigs County.