Illinois
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
(L 5.5" WS 8" Wt 0.51 oz )
Loves to sing in spring and
summer...from dawn to dusk
...nicknamed “blue canaries”.
summer...from dawn to dusk
...nicknamed “blue canaries”.
Morton Arboretum
Lisle, IL
01Jun11
female
Cry Baby Bunting
Daddy‘s gone a-hunting
Gone to fetch a rabbit skin
To wrap the Baby Bunting in
Cry Baby Bunting
(Lullaby traced to 1784)
Lacks blue pigment...rather
microscopic structures in feathers
refract light to look blue.
microscopic structures in feathers
refract light to look blue.
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
Passerine in Latin means
sparrow-like; cyanea in Latin
means dark blue, sea blue.
sparrow-like; cyanea in Latin
means dark blue, sea blue.
© Audubon
Society
Society
© Wikipedia
non-breeding
Morton Arboretum
Lisle
20May2007
20May2007