[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

Blue Buntings are specialty birds of the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas, where one can usually be found somewhere each year in winter. This one was photographed in January, 1988 at a makeshift feeder in a campground along the Rio Grande River in southern Texas. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: January 1988)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This female Blue Bunting was photographed at the World Birding Center's Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, Mission, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 19, 2009)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Common Reed Bunting was photographed at Sands of Forvie RSPB Reserve (Ythan Estuary), Newburgh, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 27, 2004)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8 in.]

This male Indigo Bunting was photographed at Sabine Woods - TOS, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 17, 2006)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8 in.]

This female Indigo Bunting was photographed at the famous "Beanery" at Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: September 1982)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8 in.]

This male Indigo Bunting was photographed at Sabine Woods - TOS, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 17, 2006)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8 in.]

This male Indigo Bunting was photographed at Sabine Woods - TOS, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 17, 2006)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8 in.]

This male Indigo Bunting was photographed at Sabine Woods - TOS, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 17, 2006)