Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day. One has but to note the changes in this section within the past twenty-five years, the barren plain with only a few trees along the streams has changed to cultivated farms with shade trees and young orchards. Indigo Buntings forage on the ground and in low foliage for insects, weed seeds, wild berries, and grains. Find Indigo bunting stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection.

The Indigo Bunting occurs regularly in eastern Kansas, and I think that in a short time they will come regularly to Colorado. Indigo Buntings arrive each spring and leave each fall, with the population remaining. Taken twice in Colorado, once in El Paso County, while the other specimen is in the Maxwell collection.” The Maxwell collection is without labels but is supposed to have been taken about twenty years ago in the vicinity of Boulder, Boulder Co. Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea - Species Information and Photos, including id keys, habitat, diet, behavior, nesting, migration, and conservation status. Cooke in his list of Colorado birds says, “Rare if not accidental. This spring we had with us for several days a flock of eight or ten Indigo Buntings ( Passerina cyanea). The wings and tail are black with cerulean blue edges. Breeding season Indigo buntings may raise more than one brood per season, and may switch nests or mates between broods.

During the breeding season, the adult male appears mostly a vibrant cerulean blue. Indigo buntings breed between May and September, with most activity occurring June through August. Situated as it is, the western part is of rugged mountains, the southern and a portion of the eastern is covered with fertile farms while the northern and northeastern is of barren plains, all of which offer to the bird student each year new surprises. The Indigo bunting is a small seed-eating bird in the cardinal family that is found in the Americas. It usually migrates at night and can travel as far as 2,000 miles to its winter range. Larimer is the most northern county in Colorado. The indigo bunting is a neotropical migrator.