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Offline Wrennie

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#3 Bird/critter in the spotlight; Buntings
« on: Feb 05, 2010, 03:38:40 PM »
No not the baby bunting blanket thingy, the birds! :BigGrin:

Indigo bunting; Passerina cyanea




Painted Bunting; Passerina ciris



Lazuli Bunting; Passerina amoena



Buntings are not a common feeder bird here in the northeast. The few I've seen are eating at ground level on the outskirts of the feeder area.

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The Indigo Bunting migrates at night, using the stars for guidance. It learns its orientation to the night sky from its experience as a young bird observing the stars.

The western population of Painted Buntings begins its fall migration before molting, molts in staging areas in southern Arizona and northern Mexico, then continues to migrate further south. This migration-molt pattern is common among waterfowl but very rare among songbirds. In contrast to the western population, the eastern population of Painted Buntings molts on its breeding grounds before migration.

Each male Lazuli Bunting two years of age and older sings only one song, composed of a series of different syllables, and unique to that individual. Yearling males generally arrive on the breeding grounds without a song of their own. Shortly after arriving, a young male develops its own song, which can be a novel rearrangement of syllables, combinations of song fragments of several males, or a copy of the song of one particular older male.




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Re: #3 Bird/critter in the spotlight; Buntings
« Reply #1 on: Feb 05, 2010, 04:29:25 PM »
That is a beautiful bird, Wrennie. It has such splendid colors... :giggle:
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Re: #3 Bird/critter in the spotlight; Buntings
« Reply #2 on: Feb 05, 2010, 05:15:53 PM »
Very pretty. I have seen these here. At least the western version and wondered what they were.
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Re: #3 Bird/critter in the spotlight; Buntings
« Reply #3 on: Feb 05, 2010, 05:21:02 PM »
Those are very pretty birds. The indigo bunting is such a rich color.
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Re: #3 Bird/critter in the spotlight; Buntings
« Reply #4 on: Feb 05, 2010, 07:01:42 PM »
According to the map the Indigo should be hanging out in my yard but I've never seen one.  I would love to see one.  They look like they were painted with a paint brush.

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Re: #3 Bird/critter in the spotlight; Buntings
« Reply #5 on: Feb 05, 2010, 07:29:39 PM »
Those are stunning birds.  None in my area though, bummer.

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Re: #3 Bird/critter in the spotlight; Buntings
« Reply #6 on: Feb 05, 2010, 07:38:11 PM »
They are beautiful birds. The indigo should be here in the summer, but I've never seen one. I think I'd remember as vibrant a blue that it is!
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Re: #3 Bird/critter in the spotlight; Buntings
« Reply #7 on: Feb 06, 2010, 06:31:44 AM »
I've seen 2 in the past 17 years... or is that 3? :ScratchHead: The 2 i clearly remember were both as I glanced out a kitchen window and went, "WHOA! Look at that blue!!" The first was perched ontop of a flower head. Cant remember what kind, getting some sun. They seem to tend to like forested areas with patches of grass to land on/feed at.



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