Bill Hubick Photography - Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)

A migrant Indigo Bunting stops to refuel in our yard in Pasadena, Maryland (5/2/2012). Plumage and molt details make this a second-year (SY) male, which means he was born last summer. Since then he traveled roughly 2,000 miles (each way) to winter in Central America or the Caribbean. Awesome. Photo by Bill Hubick.

Above and below: A migrant Indigo Bunting stops to refuel in our yard in Pasadena, Maryland (5/2/2012). Plumage and molt details make this a second-year (SY) male, which means he was born last summer. Since then he traveled roughly 2,000 miles (each way) to winter in Central America or the Caribbean. Awesome.

A migrant Indigo Bunting stops to refuel in our yard in Pasadena, Maryland (5/2/2012). Plumage and molt details make this a second-year (SY) male, which means he was born last summer. Since then he traveled roughly 2,000 miles (each way) to winter in Central America or the Caribbean. Awesome. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A migrant Indigo Bunting stops to refuel in our yard in Pasadena, Maryland (5/2/2012). Plumage and molt details make this a second-year (SY) male, which means he was born last summer. Since then he traveled roughly 2,000 miles (each way) to winter in Central America or the Caribbean. Awesome. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A migrant Indigo Bunting stops to refuel in our yard in Pasadena, Maryland (5/2/2012). Plumage and molt details make this a second-year (SY) male, which means he was born last summer. Since then he traveled roughly 2,000 miles (each way) to winter in Central America or the Caribbean. Awesome. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A migrant Indigo Bunting stops to refuel in our yard in Pasadena, Maryland (5/2/2012). Plumage and molt details make this a second-year (SY) male, which means he was born last summer. Since then he traveled roughly 2,000 miles (each way) to winter in Central America or the Caribbean. Awesome. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A migrant Indigo Bunting stops to refuel in our yard in Pasadena, Maryland (5/2/2012). Plumage and molt details make this a second-year (SY) male, which means he was born last summer. Since then he traveled roughly 2,000 miles (each way) to winter in Central America or the Caribbean. Awesome. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A migrant Indigo Bunting stops to refuel in our yard in Pasadena, Maryland (5/2/2012). Plumage and molt details make this a second-year (SY) male, which means he was born last summer. Since then he traveled roughly 2,000 miles (each way) to winter in Central America or the Caribbean. Awesome. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A migrant Indigo Bunting stops to refuel in our yard in Pasadena, Maryland (5/2/2012). Plumage and molt details make this a second-year (SY) male, which means he was born last summer. Since then he traveled roughly 2,000 miles (each way) to winter in Central America or the Caribbean. Awesome. Photo by Bill Hubick.

A migrant Indigo Bunting stops to refuel in our yard in Pasadena, Maryland (5/2/2012). Plumage and molt details make this a second-year (SY) male, which means he was born last summer. Since then he traveled roughly 2,000 miles (each way) to winter in Central America or the Caribbean. Awesome. Photo by Bill Hubick.

Below: A male Indigo Bunting photographed in Charles Co., Maryland (6/18/2006).

Below: A female Indigo Bunting in Kent Co., Maryland (10/4/2008).

Below: An immature male Indigo Bunting vigorously proclaiming his territory in southern Garrett Co., Maryland (6/12/2009).

Below: A nice comparison of Indigo Bunting vs. Blue Grosbeak. The Indigo Bunting is flanked by Blue Grosbeaks at Fort Smallwood, Maryland (9/11/2011).

A nice comparison of Indigo Bunting vs. Blue Grosbeak. The Indigo Bunting is flanked by Blue Grosbeaks at Fort Smallwood, Maryland (9/11/2011). Photo by Bill Hubick.

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