Индиговый овсянковый кардинал / Indigo Bunting / Passerina cyanea

This sweet little video celebrates the Indigo Bunting and its song. It features footage I obtained from Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky. Look carefully at the second clip in the sequence—you can see the bird’s breath condensing when he sings! The strident, high-pitched, lively song of the male is usually made up of a series of doubled phrases: “sweet, sweet, chew, chew, see-it, see-it“. The Indigo Bunting gets its name from it’s beautiful indigo blue color. Although quite common in shrubby