Indigo Buntings

One day in late April I glanced out my sewing room window and saw these kind of brownish colored birds. They were small, and then I saw a little blue on them. I took a few pictures, and really could see the blue in the pictures. I decided they must be Indigo Buntings; however, whenever I had seen these birds in the past, they had always seemed to be just a brilliant blue.

They seemed to enjoy feeding on the ground most of the time.

And as time went on, by early May, they were definitely getting more blue. In reading about them I discovered that they are really a grey bird with irridescent feathers. The shades of brown could be from molting or perhaps because they were a first year male.

Finally, one day, I saw the brilliant blue that I had previously seen.

They seem to be friendly little birds who didn't mind sharing their lunch with this little Chipping Sparrow.