Indigo Blue

An Indigo Bunting and a White Throated Sparrow pause in their preferred habitat: thickets and bushy wood edges.

Indigo Buntings, abundant songbirds, are sometimes nicknamed “blue canaries”, but are part of the cardinal family. This migratory bird ranges from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter.

The White Throated Sparrow is one of the continent’s best-studied and most familiar songbirds. It is found at some season throughout much of North America, south of the tree line and principally east of the Rocky Mountains.

From the Field, Field Note Justine Kibbe June 26, 2019