#and an indigo bunting song

[uwmspeccoll]

The Feathursday Blues

Summer is coming to a close and our academic year is about to begin, so we’re feeling a bit blue about leaving summer behind, but we’re also excited about the new school year. So, this week we bring you some cheery chromolithographic birds of blue to begin our September. Unfortunately, those lovely little thrushes, the Bluebirds (Genus: Sialia), are not included here, but we think these blue fellows will do. They are, from top to bottom:

Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris).

Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena).

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea), male and female.

Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea).

This chromolithograph is from a painting by the noted German wildlife artist Gustav Mützel, found in our 2-volume set of Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty, by the late-19th-century director of the Milwaukee Public Museum Henry Nehrling, and published in Milwaukee by George Brumder from 1893-1896.

View more posts from Nehrling’s Our Native Birds.

View more Feathursday posts.

#Feathursday #buntings #Painted Bunting #Lazuli Bunting #Indigo Bunting #Blue Grosbeak #Henry Nehrling #Gustav Mützel #George Brumder #Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty #wildlife art #chromolithographs #Yay chromoliths! #birds #birbs!

[wraenata]

You seem to be quite the bird fanatic, mind telling us what is your favourite kind of bird? :3

Oh sh- *tries to run away and trips over my own feet*

Literally an impossible question for me to answer! I can tell you some of my favorite species from different groups however! Bout to find out how many images I can put in one ask oof

Every bird is in a different group (except the bronzewing and mourning dove those are both pigeon species I believe)

Splendid Fairy Wren, Common Bronzewing, African Fish Eagle

Toco Toucan, Red Winged Blackbird, Rose Breasted Grosbeak

White Breasted Nuthatch, Black Capped Chickadee, Blue Jay

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mourning Dove, California Quail,

Strawberry Finch (Red Avadavat), Sandhill Crane

Nene, Barred Owl

I cannot choose a favorite species, nor a favorite kind! I love too many of them! They all have their special place in the world and my heart. Some are favorites that I see frequently, they are pretty or I love their songs, or some live across the world and maybe one day I get to see one in real life :)

Thank you for the ask! Have a lovely day!

#wren askbox #birds #a lot of birds #lots of my favorites here :) #these will probably pop up in some drawn asks I might get #you've already seen 3 #you know who has really awesome bird art? #elliwoods #also art i did of one of these birds was selected to be printed for a game #but you shant know because my name is attached to the art #i use a bird id app for identifying new songs cause im still learning #theres an indigo bunting hanging around my yard singing but i havent heard him yet #i can recognize quite a few bird songs though without using the app

[snekdood]

i have birds that live on my balcony now and by god i will protect them with my life

#and end every squirrel still #wouldnt have such an issue with them if they just. left my pots alone. #the worst birds do is poop but like.. whatever. at least they're leaving my plants roots alone #also they spread the seeds of my flowers so who care #and they're nice to hear in the morning 😌 i love song birds #coolest ive ever seen here was an indigo bunting. i had no idea we had birds that vibrantly blue in missouri. #i thought maybe someones parrot was lost lol #anyways my cat really wants to bother them and i dont want him to so hes staying inside and very upset abt it

[peanutkrow]

06/13/22

Cedar Cliff

#birds #nature #wildflowers #prairie #creek #flowers #song sparrow #indigo bunting #foxglove #forget-me-not #angelica #insects #bees #midwest #bird photography #nature photography

[speakingofnature]

Indigo Bunting

The woodland shadows, all indigo and song, flit from bough to bough like unharnessed thoughts, free to land where they might, while always just out of reach.

#Indigo Bunting #nature

[everydayesterday]

Indigo Bunting in song. (Passerina cyanea)  

photo by me.  2022-07-11 Nashville, TN (Shelby Bottoms)

#bird #birds #birdwatching #birding #birb #birbs #birdblr #birblr #nature photography #wildlife photography #bird photography #ornithology #borb #borbs #birdcore #birbcore #borbcore #mine #indigo bunting #indigo buntings #shelby bottoms #nashville

[magnetothemagnificent]

I guess it's time I share my list of birds from this past Jewish year (I've been keeping two Big Year lists, Jewish year and secular year). All are from the US, except the last few which are indicated.

1. Ruby-crowned kinglet

2. American Robin

* Leucistic American Robin

3. Song sparrow

4. Rock pigeon

* Melanistic rock pigeon

5. Chipping sparrow

6. Hairy woodpecker

7. Mourning dove

8. Northern flicker

9. Eastern towhee

10. White crowned sparrow

11. White-throated sparrow

12 Savannah sparrow

13. House sparrow

14. European starling

15. American Crow

16. Common Raven

17. Gray catbird

18. Northern mockingbird

19. Canada Goose

20. Spotted Sandpiper

21. American herring gull

22. Marsh wren

23. Limpkin

24. Great white heron

25. Cattle egret

26. Anhinga

27. Snowy egret

28. Great blue heron

29. Black-crowned night heron

30. Wood stork

31. Common gallinule

32. Blue-gray gnatcatcher

33. Turkey vulture

34. Black vulture

35. Yellow rumped warbler

36. Tufted titmouse

37. Little blue heron

38. White ibis

39. Cooper's hawk

40. Cardinal

41. Green heron

42. Carolina wren

43. Palm warbler

44. Pine warbler

45. Sandhill crane

46. Carolina chickadee

47. Bluejay

48. Osprey

49. Chimney swift

50. Red-tailed hawk

51. Prairie warbler

52. American kestrel

53. Glossy ibis

54. Pied-billed grebe

55. Double-crested cormorant

56. Grey kingbird

57. Brown pelican

58. Fish crow

59. Royal tern

60. Bald eagle

61. Painted bunting

62. American white pelican

63. Common grackle

64. Boat-tailed grackle

65. Great-tailed grackle

66. American purple gallinule

67. American coot

68. Brown-headed cowbird

69. Tricolored heron

70. Mallard

71. Black-bellied whistling duck

72. Eastern kingbird

73. Yellow-billed cuckoo

74. Muscovy duck

75. American bittern

76. Ring-billed gull

77. American Pekin

78. Mallard-Pekin hybrid

79. Eastern bluebird

80. Yellow-bellied sapsucker

81. Red-winged blackbird

82. White-eyed vireo

83. Mottled duck

84. Broad-winged hawk

85. Dark-eyed junco

86. Brown thrasher

87. Sharp-shinned hawk

88. House finch

89. Eastern Phoebe

90. Downy woodpecker

91. Fox sparrow

92. Loggerhead Shrike!!!!

93. White breasted nuthatch

94. Red-bellied woodpecker

95. Brown creeper

96. Pileated woodpecker

97. American goldfinch

98. House wren

99. Barn swallow

100. Tree swallow

101. Black and white warbler

102. Red eyed vireo

103. Yellow warbler

104. Mute swan

105. Rusty blackbird

106. Common yellowthroat

107. Warbling vireo

108. Northern waterthrush

109. Veery

110. Swamp sparrow

111. Wood duck

112. American redstart

113. Orchard oriole

114. Greater Yellowlegs

115. Lesser Yellowlegs

116. Baltimore oriole

117. Hermit thrush

118. Wood thrush

119. Ovenbird

120. Indigo bunting

121. Black-throated blue warbler

122. Scarlet tanager

123. Worm-eating warbler

124. Northern rough-winged swallow

125. Blue-headed vireo

126. Northern parula

127. Prothonotary warbler

128. Philadelphia vireo

129. Blackburnian warbler

130. Magnolia warbler

131. Cedar waxwing

132. Blackpoll warbler

133. Yellow-throated vireo

134. Eastern wood pewee

135. Acadian flycatcher

136. Tennessee warbler

137. Caspian tern

138. Laughing gull

139. Forster's tern

140. American oystercatcher

141. Green-winged teal

142. Purple Martin

143. Least tern

144. Field sparrow

145. Killdeer

146. Grey-cheeked thrush

147. Rose-breasted grosbeak

148. Great-crested flycatcher

149. Swainson's thrush

150. Bay-breasted warbler

151. Chestnut-sided warbler

152. Willow flycatcher

153. Ruby-throated hummingbird

154. Peregrine falcon

155. Hooded crow IL

156. Laughing dove IL

157. Eurasian collared dove IL

158. Eurasian jackdaw IL

159. Common myna IL

160. Rose-ringed parakeet IL

161. White spectacled bulbul IL

162. European bee eater IL

163. Chukar IL

164. Short toed snake eagle IL

165. White stork IL

166. Little egret IL

167. Pygmy cormorant IL

168. Eurasian hoopoe IL

169. Alpine swift IL

170. Graceful pinia IL

171. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler IL

172. Tristan's Starling IL

173. Fan tailed raven IL

174. Eurasian black cap IL

Here's to at least 200 next year!

#birding #birds #big year

[angst-cravings]

birdlistening

summary: you are an avid birder, and you go birdwatching every sunday morning before matt goes to church. today you invite him out

pairing: matt murdock x reader

words: 1k

an: this is so self indulgent i love birds so much. only fluff. gender neutral reader, no use of y/n

cw: some mild explicit language. embarrassment about being passionate

The sun isn’t even up yet, but you are energized and ready to go. You love Sunday mornings. Matt has his ritual of going to church and confession, while you have your ritual of going birdwatching. It’s how you center yourself before every week starts. You are silently packing your bag, putting in your worn field guide, bird notebook, binoculars, water bottle filled with hot cocoa, and a pair of gloves in case things get a little too nippy. You barely noticed, but Matt had gotten out of bed and was standing in the doorway like he always manages to do before you leave. You flash him a quick smile. He looks so ethereal with the neon lights reflecting off his bare skin, and his lack of clothing always entices you to stay behind. 

“Expecting any good birds today?” 

“Well, this week is actually peak migration, so… yeah. There will be so many birds today.” You try to hide your excitement, but you’re sure he can hear it in your voice. This is your favorite time of the year, and you are constantly looking forward to it in the winter when birds are scarce.

He grins at you. “Well, I hope you have fun sweetheart.” 

You keep meaning to invite him, but he had usually only gone to bed a few hours before. However, he had taken last night off. Maybe this would be a good time?

“Would you… maybe want to come birdwatching with me?” You tentatively suggest. You were prepared for rejection. It was so early in the morning, and you didn’t even know if he’d enjoy it.

“Well, I can’t exactly watch the birds,” He chuckles, “But I can go out with you if you’d like. I could at least make sure you get to Central Park safely.”

“I think you’d like it more than you think. I can teach you the bird calls, and then you can bird listen,” You zip up your backpack, and put on a hat, “But you don’t have to come if you don’t want to.”

He immediately shakes his head. “Of course. Anything to spend a little more time with you.” Warmth rises in your cheeks, and you can’t help but smile.

As you two walk to Central Park, you start educating him. 

“So, you obviously know the common ones like the Rock Pigeon and Mourning Dove and Canada Goose and stuff. We’ll probably encounter some of those today but those are kinda boring. I’m really looking for warblers; they’re some of my favorite birds. American Redstart and Yellow-rumped Warblers are pretty common around migration here, so I’m expecting some of those.” You pull up recordings of the calls on your phone and play them for Matt so he can get an idea. “American Redstarts are so pretty too, they have this gorgeous orange-red shoulder area. And the Yellow-rumped Warbler is mostly gray with a yellow butt, shoulder, and head.” 

Matt is listening to you, but he is mostly enjoying the lilt of your voice. He loves when you’re excited about things. Your heartbeat always rises a little, your grin is visible in your voice, and you move your hands around a lot. He loves hearing the near-silent swish of air as you gesticulate enthusiastically. 

“You know, you’re lucky this is me. These calls sound very similar.” 

“I mean those two aren’t pretty similar. I think they’re pretty distinct.” You shrug. 

“Maybe to you and I, sweetheart.” He squeezes your hand. 

You set up the blanket on a green patch in Central Park. Matt sits down before you and pulls you into his lap. As the sun starts to rise, birds start to fly, and you point out bird calls to Matt as you hear them. 

“That’s an Indigo Bunting! They’re so gorgeous, they’re this lovely blue color. They form song neighborhoods, where in one area they’ll have one song, and in another, they’ll have a slightly different song. It’s super cool!” You gush as you follow the bird with your binoculars.

He felt lucky. He had an intelligent, passionate partner who loved him. He buries his face in your neck and smiles. The grip around your waist tightens, and he takes a deep breath. Your body wash mingles with the smell of dew and trees. You rattle off more birds to him, and he can feel you write a list of the birds you see. He felt so damn lucky. 

“So, that one I’m hearing is a… Song Sparrow, right?” He focuses on the bird in the tree near you two. Before you even respond, he can hear your heart rate raise slightly in excitement.

“You were paying attention.” A smile forms across your lips.

“Of course, I was, sweetheart.”

“I know, I just… I know you aren’t the most interested in this. Just…thank you. For doing this with me.” You tilt your head in his direction.

“No. I am interested in anything you are interested in. I love the way you talk about birds. Your voice gets a little bit faster and a little bit higher, and you ramble in the cutest way possible. And I will do anything to get you to talk more. It’s one of my favorite sounds. Don’t ever be embarrassed for being passionate. If I could only hear one thing for the rest of my life, it’d be you talking, because” He connects his lips with yours for a quick peck, “I love you. And with that, I love anything that you love too. I was actually hoping you’d invite me. You’ve been talking about this for weeks. I, uh, took last night off in the hopes that you would. Thanks for taking me.”

You shift in his lap and place your hand on his cheek. You lean in, and your foreheads touch.

“Thank you, Matt.” You whisper. You close the distance and kiss him. His lips were warm and inviting. Just like him.

#daredevil x reader #matt murdock x you #matt murdock x reader #matthew murdock x reader #this is so self indulgent #no use of yn #no use of y/n #fluff #gender neutral reader

[balconybirds]

Sunday Birding 7/9/23

So many good birds I saw Sunday!  I might have gone a little bit overboard with taking pictures.  When I uploaded them to my computer, I had 1152.  That’s the most I’ve ever taken!  But again, I saw sooooooo many good birds!!

There were a BUNCH of juvenile green herons out!

The brown thrasher was so nice and posed for me in a tree:

a male goldfinch!  the first of many Sunday:

a male red-winged black bird, taking a walk:

there was actually a whole family of them out!

BARN SWALLOW IN FLIGHT:

Canadian geese! 

And the goslings are looking so much like adults now:

at the arboretum, the first bird I saw was a tufted titmouse:

another male goldfinch:

also, his wife (she was a bit camera shy, lol):

a neat bug:

BEEEEEEEEEEE:

A male cardinal, singing his song:

A red-shouldered hawk!  I think they were being harassed by the cardinals:

I was able to get this neat shot of them flying away!

an eastern bluebird!  Male, I think:

The goldfinches again!  I thought this was a neat shot!

Some brown-headed cow birds, perched high in a tree:

this carolina wren was easy to hear, but tricky to find:

an indigo bunting hanging out at the top of a tree:

PHOTOGRAPHER DETECTED (carolina wren again):

The female eastern bluebird:

A downy woodpecker (male, I think), getting a snack:

A female red-bellied woodpecker:

Another titmouse, grabbing a seed to eat:

Another indigo bunting!  He looks so dramatic with this lighting:

A tiny black-capped chickadee!

I wasn’t entirely sure what this guy was when I snapped this picture of them soaring around.  When I got home, I was able to ID them.  A Mississippi kite!

Some pretty flowers:

Some more bees:

Butterflies!

Turtles!!  Ngl, I really like the flat guy:

I might have freaked out when I saw these guys, but I FINALLY got some good pictures of ruby-throated hummingbirds!  There was a group of them at a feeder  I got a lot of pictures of these guys, so I might make some separate posts with these pictures.  Here are a few of my favorites:

“GO AWAY GARY, NO ONE LIKES YOU.”  >:(

Some more flowers:

YOU GUYS.  THIS WAS MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF THE DAY:

Another butterfly:

And the final pictures, some water lilies!  I just think they’re pretty:

#green heron #brown thrasher #american goldfinch #red-winged blackbird #barn swallow #canadian geese #tufted titmouse #bees #northern cardinal #red-shouldered hawk #eastern bluebird #carolina wren #indigo bunting #downy woodpecker #red-bellied woodpecker #black-capped chickadee #butterfly #flowers #turtles #ruby-throated hummingbird #water lily

[newtsnaturethings]

heya! Got any cool and interesting facts about Indigo buntings? Love those little dudes

Oooh yes! They are indeed some funky little dudes.

I’ve only seen them a few times (when I did spot them I initially thought they were a weird color morph of scrub jays oops 😅) and they are a truly striking bird.

I think my favorite thing about the indigo bunting is that the males will defend their breeding territories with song. When it’s time for the birds to mate in the spring, the males set up their turf and defend it by belting their bird tunes to the other males in the area. It’s like the bird equivalent of a roast battle. I love it. I want to know how the birds roast each other. Learn some new insults along the way.

Other random things I like about them in no particular order:

They’re a migratory species. I have mad respect for any species that can manage a migration. That shits cool as heck.

They do a little butt waggle if you disturb them.

Their feathers have no blue pigment, despite the birds themselves appearing blue

Thanks for the ask 🦎

#newts asks #indigo bunting

[wordsandmorewords]

Birds of paradise

they are not birds of paradise and so I sometimes think them a bore

but the eagles would take issue with me, "behold, my broad wings"

the buntings would ask, "does my bright indigo not awaken you?"

the woodcocks, "I love my little dance, no matter if you do not"

the magpies and the grackles, "I am iridescent, what more do you need?"

the owls, "hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

the mockingbird, "if you need a bird of paradise, I will sing their song"

the magpies and the grackles, "I am iridescent, what more do you need?"

they are not birds of paradise and so I sometimes think them a bore though about me, it says a great deal more

#poem #poetry #poetryportal #writtenconsiderations #writerscreed #twc poetry #birds

[dreamingrobots]

merlin wrapped

(photos from Merlin app)

i got 21 new life listers this year!!

in order:

jan 13 - dark eyed junco

march 2 - northern mockingbird

may 6 - killdeer

may 12 - belted kingfisher

may 26 - barn swallow

may 26 - green heron

may 26 - brown thrasher

may 29 - eastern wood-pewee

may 29 - great crested flycatcher

may 30 - great egret

may 30 - wood duck

july 9 - indigo bunting

july 21 - black-billed cuckoo

july 25 - eastern kingbird

july 27 - sandhill crane

aug 6 - red-eyed vireo

aug 7 - broad-winged hawk

oct 1 - carolina wren

nov 19 - golden-crowned kinglet

nov 26 - common loon

nov 26 - hooded merganser

#1 bird was definitely the black-billed cuckoo!! i didn’t even get to see it but i heard that beautiful distinctive song and i was like omggggg

close runner up was the green heron :) i had never even heard of it before the first time i saw it and then i couldn’t stop seeing them this summer!

thank you for reading, tell me about a bird you saw this year :)

#ferrous.txt #birds

[seaglassandeelgrass]

Inspired by @sophia-sol (and compiled before scrolling any further past their own list) here are 100 Birds, in no particular order, off the top of my head through free association (spelling, esp. re: diacritic macrons, may thus be variable)

*stop scrolling here if you want to compile a list of your own un-influenced*

1. blue jay

2. grey jay

3. pūkeko

4. takahē

5. kererū

6. ruru

7. kakapo

8. kēa

9. adelie penguin

10. macaroni penguin

11. emperor penguin

12. king penguin

13. albatross

14. skua

15. rose-breasted grosbeak

16. indigo bunting

17. carolina wren

18. rock dove

19. ruffed grouse

20. prairie hen

21. cassowary

22. emu

23. moa

24. kiwi

25. secretary bird

26. piwakawaka

27. tūi

28. tīeke

29. stellar's jay

30. cardinal

31. raven

32. rook

33. crow

34. magpie

35. new caldonian crow

36. chipping sparrow

37. fox sparrow

38. song sparrow

39. starling

40. mourning dove

41. hairy woodpecker

42. downy woodpecker

43. northern flicker

44. pileated woodpecker

45. loon

46. eider duck

47. merganser

48. canvas-backed duck

49. mallard

50. goose

51. canada goose

52. wild turkey

53. chicken

54. red-tailed hawk

55. cooper's hawk

56. osprey

57. sharp-shinned hawk

58. peregrin falcon

59. bald eagle

60. golden eagle

61. lammergeier

62. snowy egret

63. sandhill crane

64. great blue heron

65. scarlet ibis

66. whooping crane

67. passenger pigeon

68. ivory-billed woodpecker

69. pheasant

70. wood duck

71. north atlantic puffin

72. sandpiper

73. ruby-throated hummingbird

74. barn swallow

75. house finch

76. purple finch

77. baltimore oriole

78. blackburnian warbler

79. scarlet macaw

80. budgerigar

81. african grey parrot

82. cockatiel

83. canary

84. thrush

85. corncrake

86. bittern

87. ostrich

88. chickadee

89. phoebe

90. vireo

91. north american robin

92. european robin

93. turkey vulture

94. kingfisher

95. oystercatcher

96. titipounamu

97. tufted titmouse

98. cedar waxwing

99. nuthatch

100. cormorant

#particularly rapid unintelligible patter #edit: i cannot BELIEVE i didn't list a single owl

[speakingofnature]

Indigo Bunting

Audubon called this bird the Indigo-bird, while he wrote that the Creoles of Louisiana gave it the name Petit Papebleu. Our current guide books give it the name Indigo Bunting...none of which capture the beauty of this little bird. I often hear it singing its pretty song from the treetops along the edge of the woods, yet it is quick to disappear into the thickets that mark the border where the clearing ends and the brush begins. Cherish the moments you get a clear view of this minstrel of the coppice.

#Indigo Bunting #nature

[eli-ise]

I: Jungle Princess talks to the moon +..｡*ﾟ+

“Why must I earn happiness

Why doesn't it just crawl up my feet

And embellish my eyes with jewels

When I raise my hands into the air

And my ring stares into the moonlight

Does she really care

Do the bugs really think its fair

Why do some people seem to cheat

Gathering bugs from their garden

In all shades of purple and pink

Thinking it will make them feel complete

When it will really just erases

The darkness and dullness of the night

Because with happiness there is sadness

With light there is darkness

And with me there the uncertainty

Of whether the bugs will come out tonight

Tonight when the rain falls down

The bugs wander around the sludge

And the song sparrow no longer sings

The indigo bunting goes on a scout

And snatches the bugs from my hair with its wings

Maybe the sun will rise soon

And make me grow from my cocoon

Becoming the bug

Then I’ll be happy

But I’ll also be sad

It's better than being dull inside

I want to feel and to discover

Is there really more I tend to wonder

More than this darkness and this thunder

I want to grow into every color”

- 29/04/2021 elise♡

#short poem #poem #jungle #aesthetic #moodboard #princess aesthetic

[magnetothemagnificent]

Today's birds:

Mallard

Downy woodpecker

Northern cardinal

Song sparrow

American Robin

House Sparrow

Canada goose

Northern waterthrush

Red tailed hawk

Grey catbird

Mourning dove

Common grackle

American crow

Wood thrush

Indigo bunting

Black-throated blue warbler

Scarlet tanager

Red-bellied woodpecker

Blue jay

Baltimore oriole

American goldfinch

House finch

Carolina wren

White throated sparrow

Worm-eating warbler

#birding #birds