Indigo Bunting

Song:  with unusual Eastern Towhee song, Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, 8/7/05, 6:00 p.m. (58kb), trail leading to marsh Boardwalk.  Bunting was abundant here. wave886
Song:  Smyrna, DE, 7/21/05, 5:00 p.m. (15kb)  5 acres of very mature woodland bordered by acres of lawn and field on one side and a commercial area on the other.   wave865
Song:  Tyler's Lane, Burnt Fly Bog, Monmouth County, NJ, 6/8/02 (10kb).  Small field near swampy woodland.

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"Chit":  Mount Prospect, Lake George, New York, 6/28/02 (32kb) "chit".  Indigo's were abundant here.  State Park with no development other than road.

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Perth Amboy, small patch of woodland near cemetery.

 

 

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Comments on the voice of the Indigo Bunting:

See also, "Indigo Bunting" from "Bent's: Life Histories of Familiar North American Birds", http://home.bluemarble.net/~pqn/ch91-100/indbunting.html

Where to find:  I most frequently see this bird in trees along the edge of dense woodland bordered by open fields such as woods next to an industrial park, woods next to a cemetery, a large clearing in the middle of the woods, etc.