How to Use indigo bunting in a Sentence

indigo bunting

noun

• The call was that of a young male indigo bunting, high-pitched and simple.
  — Karine Aigner, National Geographic, 25 July 2019
• Both blue grosbeaks and indigo buntings sang from the tops of some pines.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 6 June 2018
• At Horn Pond, an indigo bunting and a Cape May warbler.
  — Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
• That indigo bunting calling from the woods might have flown up from Belize.
  — Val Cunningham Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021
• Butterflies floated over stalks of milkweed, and an indigo bunting piped from a treetop at the edge of a ragged field.
  — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 31 July 2022
• There were 26 field sparrows, five prairie warblers, and five indigo buntings.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• Up to four male indigo buntings positively glowed brilliant blue in the sun.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 4 May 2018
• Davis stopped and gestured toward two indigo buntings that had landed on a telephone wire nearby.
  — Karine Aigner, National Geographic, 25 July 2019
• Some are rapturous, like the one about the indigo bunting: First appeared next to river eating dandelion flowers.
  — Cj Hauser, Bon Appétit, 6 July 2022
• Like many migratory songbirds, indigo buntings of North America fly south for winter—and prefer to do so at night.
  — Fiona McMillan, National Geographic, 4 Nov. 2019
• By planting native flowers and grasses, bird watchers soon will begin seeing species like the indigo bunting, sparrows, pheasants, goldfinch and catbirds.
  — Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2019
• The art scenes include deer, turkey, freshwater fishing, saltwater fishing, wildlife heritage with an indigo bunting, sandhill crane or shooting sports.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 28 Aug. 2019
• Encounter northern mockingbirds, indigo buntings, and yellow-rumped warblers at Pickering Creek Audubon Center (pickeringcreek.audubon.org/), a 400-acre sanctuary of trails teeming with coastal wildlife habitats.
  — Stephanie Citron, baltimoresun.com, 8 May 2018
• In 1967, researchers in Michigan temporarily captured several indigo buntings during their autumn migration.
  — Fiona McMillan, National Geographic, 4 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 14 Aug 2024