Schoolchildren laugh when my friend Susan Jones describes the song of the indigo bunting. But they never forget it. During spring and summer, the cheerful indigo bunting is one of our most ...

A regular happening with songbirds in spring is that they will live up to their names and sing when arriving back from migration. Most of these migrants that nest in the Northland come back from ...

A reader called excitedly to say, "I have a gorgeous little bird with a deep blue color on my feeder, but it's not as big as a regular bluebird. What is it?" I knew that a "regular" bluebird would ...

If you see a staggeringly electric blue songbird, it just might be a male indigo bunting. The female however is a drab brownish tan. Indigo bunting songs change every couple miles, with males learning ...

Two recent summer bird counts emphasized some of the more commonplace birds in the region. While American robins and European starlings were extremely abundant, these two birds are permanent residents ...

July is summer coming to a greater maturity. All the quick growth of May and June has settled into its full developed state by this time. Plants take advantage of these days of warmth and long ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- This week's bird will be the Indigo Bunting. This is a very popular and charismatic bird, and this is a great time of year to see them anywhere in the state. The Indigo ...