The male indigo bunting is commonly seen as a breeding species ... mottled brown and blue early in winter. Summer female: dull brown, usually with 2 faint wing bars and in­distinct streaking ...

so you’ll rarely see just a single bird. Check out 15 outstanding pictures of rose-breasted grosbeaks. Blue grosbeak vs indigo bunting: here’s how to tell them apart. Rose-breasted and black ...

That is, a bird ... Lazuli buntings are common breeders from the Dakotas and Nebraska westward to the Pacific states. It is a close relative of its eastern counterpart, the indigo bunting, which ...