A stunning male Indigo Bunting was found in a garden at Whitburn, County Durham in May. After a nervous two hour drive north, the bird was still being seen, commuting from the finders garden feeders, next doors feeders and a nearby allotment.
There was a growing crowd of around 50 in a small road down the side of the house where it was originally seen. I hadn't been there long when the bird flew in to a nearby hedge. The generous finder had opened his kitchen for viewing so I went inside on the assumption that the bird could be seen better from there. It briefly appeared and showed its stunning plumage before moving further away.
I later saw it on an ariel, viewed from the upstairs bedroom window, and next doors feeders. The bunting stuck around for a couple of days but became much more elusive.
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