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Indigo Spring

by Howard Cheek

Category: AvianAdded May 18, 20091,355 views

Perching Birds

Keywords: birds buntings indigo passerina cyanea wildlife nature songbirds blue dark passeriformes cardinalidae spring springtime texas

Male blue all over, deepest on head. Black in front of eyes. Occasionally with some brown on back, wing, breast, or under tail, or whitish on belly. Wing feathers dark, edged in blue. Upper bill blackish, lower mandible blue-gray.
Image Format: Digital Capture - 5 to 7MPImage Crop: Greater than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: NoneModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No