Indigo Bunting

The Indigo Bunting is a proud papa. As soon as the nest is built--a compact cup of grass and leaves, attached and standing in the upright crotch of a shrub—he starts proclaiming the blessed event from the treetops. He has even been known to take a turn in the eggs. His mate—what did he ever see in her? Dull and anonymous, she’dnever be noticed in a crowd of sparrows. But he is faithful to the end—of the summer.