Indigo bunting bird

male bunting bird

the Indigo bunting bird is mainly found in from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter

Brushy pastures, bushy wood edges. For nesting favors roadsides, old fields growing up to bushes, edges of woodlands, and other edge habitats such as along rights-of-way for powerlines or railroads. Also in clearings within deciduous woods, edges of swamps. In the west, usually near streams. During winter in the tropics, most common around brushy edges of farm fields.

Female Indigo bunting eggs have 3 to 4 rarely 1 to 2 eggs. eggs are white to bluish - white rarely brown or purple spots, incubation only done by the female 12 to 13 days sometimes 11 to 14 days also only female feed the young and at some nest males helps with feeding.

the young are ready to leave the nest 9-12 days after hatching sometimes males take over feeding while female get ready for second nesting attempt and it happens twice a year

there diet is mostly seeds and insects and in breeding seasons insects and spiders also seeds and berries . at first young only gets fed insects. in winter ,eats many seeds and also insects

Male establishes territory in spring, defends it with song. Male may have more than one mate at a time living on his territory. Nest site is usually 1-3' above ground, rarely up to 30' or more, in dense shrub or low tree. Late in season, may nest in large weed such as goldenrod. Nest (built by female) an open cup of grass, leaves, weeds, bark strips, lined with finer materials.

Female bunting bird

All picture off google images

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