[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, USA. 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, Texas, USA. 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 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This male Blue Bunting was photographed at the Casa Santa Ana Bed and Breakfast, McAllen, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: November 18, 2011)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This male Blue Bunting was photographed at the Casa Santa Ana Bed and Breakfast, McAllen, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: November 18, 2011)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This male Blue Bunting was photographed at the Casa Santa Ana Bed and Breakfast, McAllen, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: November 18, 2011)

[Length 5.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Chestnut Bunting was photographed at a woodland near the Red-crowned Crane Refuge, Dafeng, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 16, 2017)

[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 the Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D3200 camera. (Date: April 15, 2013)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8 in.]

This male Indigo Bunting was photographed at Sabine Woods - TOS, Texas, USA. 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)