This time of year, from late spring to summer, male adult indigo buntings take it up a notch and turn a brilliant deep blue. They fly up to a perch—like our cheerful fellow atop a branch—and sing from morning to night to defend their territory from other males and to catch the attention of females. Indigo buntings are members of the "blue" clade (subgroup) of the cardinal family.
Indigo bunting
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Þorrablót, Icelandic midwinter festival
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Necropolis of Dargavs
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Let the holiday shopping commence
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A peek behind the royal curtain
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Sanxiantai Dragon Bridge in Taitung, Taiwan
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Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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Baddest of the badlands
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Red deer stag in Glen Affric, Scottish Highlands
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It s International Jazz Day
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Perseid meteor shower over Oregon
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Ode to the sun
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Happy International Astronomy Day!
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World Elephant Day
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It’s Siblings Day!
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Bathing huts in Skåne County, Sweden
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Banggai cardinalfish with sea anemone
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Temple of Philae, Aswan, Egypt
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Puma in Patagonia
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Did they forget to fly south?
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Belize Barrier Reef
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A Eurasian lynx in Siberia
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