The JFNC is a spring migration hotspot. Indigo buntings and a rose breasted grosbeak were spotted in the bird sanctuary last week, and various vireo species have provided daily concerts.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — On Saturday, May 10, you can join in on the global celebration known as World Migratory Bird Day. Since 1993, it's helped raise awareness about the importance of protecting ...

Some birds, such as the brilliantly colored orioles, tanagers, indigo buntings and grosbeaks, are hard to miss. Others – including more than 30 species of migrating wood warblers – provide ...

Bluebirds can be found along field edges, golf courses, parks, backyards, sparse woods, and other open areas The indigo bunting (Passerina ... and white feathers. Unlike most blue birds, which ...

Beginning with indigo buntings and red-winged blackbirds, ornithologists began scrutinizing the paternity of bird clutches and, one by one, the results came back like an episode of the “Maury ...

It features the Indigo Bunting, Eastern Kingbird, Marsh Hawk, Sparrow Hawk, Nighthawk, Morning Dove, Meadowlark, and Killdeer, emphasizing their characteristics and contributions to the ...

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In the birding community, especially among the hardcore ranks, no news is bigger than a first state record. That is, a bird species never before seen in the state. Such records are rare as hen’s ...

Females are brown and usually show a cinnamon wash on an unstreaked chest. Sometimes lazuli and indigo buntings hybridize on the Great Plains, producing intermediates, the Audubon Society says.

The Blue Grosbeak is a large bunting with deep blue or brown plumage, blackish wings and tail, distinctive beak, and rufous wing bars. Male Indigo Buntings are bright blue with dark wings during ...