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indigo bunting

May 17, 2013 by Dave Bonta

Non-stop noise from the indigo buntings. One of them drops into the deer-ravaged rosebush and flutters madly, subduing some luckless insect.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags indigo bunting, multiflora rose
June 12, 2012 by Dave Bonta

An indigo bunting lands on a grass stalk and sinks from view. A white moth on a white column trembles for an instant when the rain returns.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags indigo bunting, moths, rain 1 Comment
May 21, 2009 by Dave Bonta

A female indigo bunting drops into the cherry tree to snack on tiny tent caterpillars, reaching daintily into their vase-shaped nest.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags cherry tree, indigo bunting, tent caterpillars
May 13, 2009 by Dave Bonta

Two male indigo buntings, twice as blue as the sky, clash in the air and land on adjacent branches. One sings, the other flies off.

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