Again, I apologize for the poor quality of the photo. This was shot at a distance on a very windy day. My guess is a female indigo bunting. Taken in central Illinois.
I agree. There are traces of the indigo color and everything else is right.
It helps to say where an image like this was taken, by the way.
Posted by David Graham on June 26, 2010 at 12:54 PM
I agree! It's the single most "plain vanilla" thoroughly unadorned L.B.J. sans eye-lines,eye rings, wing bars, local differences in plumage color and other useful identifying features...so it's gotta be a female indigo bunting. That's my archetypal example of "backing into an identification".
Discussion
3 repliesThank you in advance.
It helps to say where an image like this was taken, by the way.
Dave Graham,
Estelline, SD.
Here is an Indigo female I shot last year. Looks very similiar to yours.
Ronnie
http://www.pbase.com/ronnie_14187/image/111884330