A Most Welcomed Sight
For weeks now folks have been telling me they've been seeing Indigo Buntings in their yard - even at their feeders! Just as I was about to give up any hope of seeing one this year, one of my sisters, who was visiting for a family birthday, happened to look out at our backyard and calmly commented, "There's a blue bird out there."
Thinking she meant an Eastern Bluebird, which we have, I went to confirm her sighting and nearly passed out when I saw an INDIGO BUNTING! Eating grass seed in an area of the yard which hadn't been mowed!
Then chaos erupted as everyone ran for their cameras and jostled for space at the window. We were too afraid to open it for fear of scaring it off, and therefor willing to settle for photos taken through the window.
A Most Welcomed Sight
For weeks now folks have been telling me they've been seeing Indigo Buntings in their yard - even at their feeders! Just as I was about to give up any hope of seeing one this year, one of my sisters, who was visiting for a family birthday, happened to look out at our backyard and calmly commented, "There's a blue bird out there."
Thinking she meant an Eastern Bluebird, which we have, I went to confirm her sighting and nearly passed out when I saw an INDIGO BUNTING! Eating grass seed in an area of the yard which hadn't been mowed!
Then chaos erupted as everyone ran for their cameras and jostled for space at the window. We were too afraid to open it for fear of scaring it off, and therefor willing to settle for photos taken through the window.