Indigo bunting along the river trail

[Mousetoescamper]

I encountered this male indigo bunting while hiking a fishing trail along the Susquehanna River this afternoon.

[ShazzieB]

1. Ooh, what an intense shade of blue!

[Mousetoescamper]

2. The color is even more intense when indigos are in direct sunlight.

[questionseverything]

3. Indigo

[KT2000]

4. Gorgeous fella!

[Mousetoescamper]

7. Thanks!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. What an amazing color! Great catch. nt

[Mousetoescamper]

8. Thanks!

[brer cat]

6. He's a very handsome boy! And another time it looks posed for you.

You have produced some wonderful pix today. How long were you out birding?

[Mousetoescamper]

9. Thanks!

I was out for five hours. The rain eventually made it impossible to keep the camera dry, and I called it a day.

[brer cat]

10. That takes some stamia.

I've lost mine. I couldn't spend 5 hours tromping around in the wild looking for birds.

[Mousetoescamper]

11. It's getting harder to maintain, especially with arthritis gnawing at me.

It's both invigorating and exhausting.

I hope you're still able to get out in the wild for brief adventures.

[calimary]

16. Mighty nice job, my friend.

Beautiful bird!

[Mousetoescamper]

17. Thanks!

[Picaro]

12. Beautiful bird

We have blue birds here in Texas, but I bet this is out of range for the Indigo Bunting. Gorgeous

[Mousetoescamper]

13. Thanks!

[SunSeeker]

14. What a gorgeous creature!

[Mousetoescamper]

15. Thanks!