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(Message started by: Melissa on May 19^th, 2008, 12:06pm)

Title: George, they're back!
Post by Melissa on May 19^th, 2008, 12:06pm

Crappy pic cause I shot it through a screen window, but I'm stoked! They're SO beautiful!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/mfiltz/dsc017632.jpg

:D

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by Mosaicwench on May 19^th, 2008, 12:13pm

I wonder if they are a more Northern bird - I've only seen one or two in my lifetime (Indigo Buntings, right?).

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by Melissa on May 19^th, 2008, 12:22pm

Yes Pat, an Indigo Bunting. :) We used to get them frequently in spring/summer about 5-6 years ago, and then they just disappeared? So when this one came to the feeder this morning, I was shocked! Could be it is just passing through, but I sure hope not!

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by Melissa on May 19^th, 2008, 12:24pm

omg, there it is again! Now eating amongst a gold finch and a cardinal. It's in the grass amongst the dandelions. So, so pretty!!

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by mummymac on May 19^th, 2008, 2:02pm

beautiful blue bird, lucky you to see it

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by Mosaicwench on May 19^th, 2008, 2:26pm

on 05/19/08 at 12:24:04, Melissa wrote:

eating amongst a gold finch and a cardinal.

That's how my last sighting was . . between a cardinal and a goldfinch. Gotta love three primary colored birds at once!

Add an Oriole and it's beautiful enough to make you cry!

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by George_J on May 19^th, 2008, 2:32pm

Beautiful shot of an indigo bunting, Mel. Haven't seen all that many out here--they're pretty uncommon, locally--but I used to see them in the midwest.

It's hard to do them justice in a photo--for those who haven't seen one, the deep blue has a subtle, shifting irridescence.

:)

Best,

George

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by ivanov on May 19^th, 2008, 2:50pm

Interesting article about are fine feathered friends.

The Silence of the Songbirds

http://tinyurl.com/48737b

All the best,
Dan

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by George_J on May 19^th, 2008, 6:42pm

Mel, this is the western version that we see more often than indigo buntings:

http://research.uvsc.edu/abbott/blog/uploaded_images/LazuliBuntingMWa1-720016.jpg

A lazuli bunting. They're very closely related to indigo buntings, and the two occasionally hybridize.

Again--nice photo you got this morning, screened window or not. :)

Best,

George

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by fubar on May 19^th, 2008, 6:52pm

Are they good with BBQ sauce? ;)

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by George_J on May 19^th, 2008, 7:14pm

on 05/19/08 at 18:52:59, fubar wrote:

Are they good with BBQ sauce? ;)

http://www.ecis.com/~alizard/ortolan_recipe.html

Not much to them, though. ;)

Best,

George

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by sandie99 on May 20^th, 2008, 1:35am

Beautiful bird, wow! :)

Sanna

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by Callico on May 20^th, 2008, 10:44pm

I've seen the Lazuli Bunting, but had no idea what it was other than pretty. Never saw an Indigo Bunting to my knowledge, but now I'll know what it is if I see it. (If I see it reaaly soon! ;;D)

Jerry

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by Melissa on May 20^th, 2008, 11:09pm

George- that one is beautiful!!

Well, I have yet to see anymore indigo buntings. Seems like they (or it?) was here for that day and then moved on. Makes me sad!

Oh well, at least the hummingbirds fill the void! (Lily took this picture out the bay window...)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/mfiltz/DSC07223.jpg

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by George_J on May 21^st, 2008, 1:18am

Loved seeing the picture of the rubythroat, Mel. The black-chins have been coming to our feeders the past couple weeks. :)

Best,

George

Title: Re: George, they're back!
Post by Kevin_M on May 21^st, 2008, 6:40am

Not such a variety of visitors here in the city that I've noticed but your picture captured a recognizable flock of spring and late summer nesting guests, the yellow crested dandylion, we seem to be on their migratory path also. Winds have been favorable for their fuzzy fledglings' first flight. They're back, so cute.