ML510390451
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting Passerina amoena/cyanea
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Observation details
Not 100% certain about the ID. I first heard the sharp PIT call repeatedly, then finally saw a female-type warm brown bunting perched atop a small live oak next to La Patera Rd, near the east-west entrance path at the bottom of the dam. I watched it move around this area to various perches, pit-calling and also doing a typical buzzy bunting call. The bird was overall a warm brown color, slightly darker above with blurry brown streaks below, and the slightly raised crown seemed a tiny bit darker. The bill was typically bunting-type, triangular and larger than a House Finch bill, not as large as a grosbeak bill. It may have been two-toned (light and dark upper and lower), but I can't be sure about that. It twitched its tail quite a lot when calling. I got a truly terrible audio recording with only a couple of Pit calls and really loud traffic. In the recording it sounds a little like a Yellow-rumped Warbler, but the pit calls were indeed the bunting. I am leaning away from the more expected Lazuli Bunting, mainly because of the streaking on the breast and overall browner tones. And the bill was not large enough to be Blue Grosbeak.
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