Indigo Bunting ( Spring Adult Male )

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Spring and summer resident- migrant in winter from Mexico to
Central America.

The male Indigo Bunting is only in an all blue plumage, as 
shown here, during the breeding season, and molts to a 
plumage with some brown colouration, at the end of summer,
which is the non-breeding plumage for the winter season in 
the Tropics. ( They start to molt into the breeding plumage,
at the end of their time down south, and are in full blue plumage
when they arrive here in May). ( Females brown with no blue).

They are usually in brushy environments, but will come out
at times to sing, as this one did.
North Americas only all blue bird species; certainly, a very
beautiful and unique species. 

Province of Ontario, Canada, image- May 2021.

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