Indigo Bunting

Indigo Bunting singing while perched on a small tree branch.
Indigo Bunting, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 2, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-200; f/10; 1/400 sec.

This page is for the Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea). I had been hearing this species on a few recent outing, only getting a fleeting view as they flew through the trees. However, on July 2, 2022, I was finally able to get my first photograph of one. He was just hanging out singing his hear out.

Indigo Bunting perched on a small tree branch.
Indigo Bunting, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 4, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-160; f/11; 1/500 sec.
Indigo Bunting perched on a dead tree branch.
Indigo Bunting, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, July 10, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1250; f/11; 1/1600 sec.
Indigo Bunting perched on a small tree branch and looking over its shoulder.
Indigo Bunding, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, August 6, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1000; f/11; 1/800 sec.
Indigo Bunting sitting on a small tree branch partly obscured by some leaves.
Indigo Bunting, Sequoyah NWR, Vian, OK, September 12, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1000; f/10; 1/800 sec.
Indigo Bunting perched on a small branch in the deep, dark woods.
Indigo Bunting, Boy Scout Woods, High Island, TX, April 19, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-51,200; f/10; 1/800 sec.
Female Indigo Bunting perched on tall grass eating grass seeds.
Indigo Bunting, Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, April 19, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2500; f/11; 1/1000 sec.
Male Indigo Bunting perched on tall grass eating grass seeds.
Indigo Bunting, Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, TX, April 19, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2500; f/11; 1/1000 sec.