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indigo bunting, a blue stunner!

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Apr 29, 2007 15:55 |  #1

We were playing Scrabble on the back deck (an obsession more than a game...) when this brilliant blue bird flashed by and landed in a maple tree. I knew it wasn't a bluebird, but didn't know exactly what it was. Found it in the field guide fifty shots later... damn near distracted me to the point of losing the Scrabble game.


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Apr 29, 2007 16:05 |  #2

That's a stunningly beautiful bird, do you think he wanted to play?

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Apr 29, 2007 16:26 as a reply to  @ misfit's post |  #3

Beautifull bird, is it missing its left eye?

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Apr 29, 2007 16:54 |  #4

bromm wrote in post #3124526 (external link)
Beautifull bird, is it missing its left eye?

It's hard to tell from these shots. The bird is a deep blue and has a black mask over the eyes. i haven't noticed it on any of the other shots, but I'll go back and look.
Thanks for the comments. I can't believe how beautiful that shade of blue is on this bird. I added no color saturation, in fact, probably lightened the coloration in PS trying to get the feather detail visible.

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Apr 29, 2007 16:58 |  #5

Stunning!!

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Apr 29, 2007 17:01 as a reply to  @ Reigh Higgins's post |  #6

Indigo buntings are always worth stopping whatever your doing for. Lucky you to have one come to your back yard!

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Apr 29, 2007 17:29 |  #7

Great capture!

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Apr 29, 2007 17:30 |  #8

Great and beautiful captures VI.

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Apr 29, 2007 19:08 |  #9

Two real keepers Village. It's interesting how the upper bill is a completely different colour than the lower one.

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Apr 29, 2007 19:20 |  #10

I just checked some of the other pictures and didn't notice anything wrong with this bird's left eye. He's still eating sunflower seeds from the deck behind our house, but we can barely make him out since it's nearly dark out. Hope he hangs around for a while, I'd love to get more images of this one.
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Apr 29, 2007 20:35 |  #11

Very nice. My wife saw one of these yesterday at our house!

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Apr 29, 2007 20:41 |  #12

Very cool!! Glad you were able to catch this fellow, Scrabble can wait . ..

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Apr 29, 2007 20:52 |  #13

Beautiful bird and only recall ever seeing one and that was last year. Excelent images here of this beauty.

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Apr 29, 2007 20:53 |  #14

Wow that colour is amazing ty for sharing!

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Apr 29, 2007 20:54 |  #15

Oh man, I'd love to see one of these...I like that third shot best, shows more detail. Lucky you!
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