[cobirds] Re: 3 Red-eyed Vireos, 1 Orchard Oriole, and 0.5 Indigo Bunting: Boulder County

Hello, Birders.

If you're wondering what a lazuli x indigo bunting hybrid ("lazigo" bunting) looks like, here's a recent photo from Boulder County:

http://tinyurl.com/LaIn-2015-07-12

This particular individual was from Rabbit Mountain, northern Boulder County, a few miles from the bird Andrew Floyd and I found on July 5.

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County

On Monday, July 6, 2015 at 8:28:47 AM UTC-6, Ted Floyd wrote:

Hello, Birders.

Yesterday evening, Sunday, July 5, while Kei and Hannah and the rest of Boulder County were watching the World Cup, Andrew and I ventured in the rain to the St. Vrain River 63rd/61st Street crossing near Hygiene, Boulder County.

There we saw a pair of red-eyed vireos (one singing, one watching on) while a thirdling sang off in the distance a little ways; so three red-eyed vireos. Also a single, solitary, unitary, female orchard oriole. And a stunning male hybrid indigo bunting x lazuli bunting. First detected by song, the bird sang the basic song of a lazuli but with the exuberance of an indigo; appearance-wise, it was indigo (more of a cerulean, really) all over, without a hint of rufescent on the breast or elsewhere, and with a gleamingly white belly and vent.

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County

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