We have had an Indigo Bunting at our feeder in South Knox for a few weeks now.

What do you feed them?

Fantastic cicada photo.

Pam Strickland

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut

The best way to feed them is to enclose part of a tree branch with netting and then let them feed on the branch. They subsist off of tree fluids.

This is from the Cincinnati area:

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Note the sound in that first video.

I was in high school in 1987 when brood X emerged. A friend filled up this kid's locker with a shoebox full of cicadas.

We've had an Indigo Bunting at one of our feeders here in Hardin Valley for at least a month. It was feeding on a mix that included millet, black oil sunflower, peanuts, and cracked corn. We moved the feeder and the Bunting followed it. It also fed off a similiar mix we bought at Lowes labeled as "Patio and Deck" mix.

We got an ok pic of the Bunting. I'l track it down and post. The blue on those birds is amazing.

I have indigos at certain times of the year. They aren't all that brilliant. The color is a refractive layer and they are actually a dark brown.

Are you guys mistaking the blue grosbeaks for Indigos? I did for years and it's an easy mistake to make until you actually see them together. Bue grosbeaks totally outshine indigos.

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