I found an indigo-bird had built her nest above their graves. ❋ Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931 (1914)
What is there that prevents the indigo-bird from taking up residence in Colorado, where his pretty western cousin, the lazuli finch, finds himself so much at home? ❋ Unknown (1896)
The bluebird out West is very much of a blue bird indeed, for it has no "earth tinge" on its breast at all; while the indigo-bird, on the contrary, has gained the ruddy markings that the other has lost. ❋ Unknown (1896)
Every observer of eastern feathered folk is familiar with our "little boy blue," the indigo-bird, whose song is such a rollicking and saucy air, making you feel as if the little lyrist were chaffing you. ❋ Unknown (1896)
From this description it will be seen that he is quite unlike the indigo-bird, which has no brown or white in his cerulean attire. ❋ Unknown (1896)
It resembles the challenging song of the indigo-bird, only it is not quite so loud and defiant. ❋ Unknown (1896)
Day after day, as I go to a certain piece of woods, I observe a male indigo-bird sitting on precisely the same part of a high branch, and singing in his most vivacious style. ❋ Various (1891)
Indeed, these two birds so much resemble each other in color, form, manner, voice, and general habits that, were it not for the difference in size, -- the grossbeak being nearly as large again as the indigo-bird, -- it would be a hard matter to tell them apart. ❋ Various (1891)
The song of this bird is a rapid, intricate warble, like that of the indigo-bird, though stronger and louder. ❋ Various (1891)
Among the raspberry and blackberry briars, beside the stone wall on the south side of this same old road, leading to the Aunt Hannah lot, we used to see, occasionally, a deep blue indigo-bird, a very active little fellow, always flitting and hopping about amongst the briars. ❋ Unknown (1887)
Soon after the first shock of the storm was over, and before I could see breaking sky, the birds tuned up with new ardor, -- the robin, the indigo-bird, the purple finch, the song sparrow, and in the meadow below the bobolink. ❋ John Burroughs (1879)
But the bluebird is not strictly a songster in the sense in which the song sparrow or the indigo-bird, or the English robin redbreast, is; nor do Bryant's lines hit the mark: -- ❋ John Burroughs (1879)
The red-bird, the yellowbird, the indigo-bird, the oriole, the cardinal grosbeak, and others, all birds of brilliant plumage and musical ability, seem quite unconscious of self, and neither by tone nor act challenge the admiration of the beholder. ❋ John Burroughs (1879)
The redbird, the yellowbird, the indigo-bird, the oriole, the cardinal grosbeak, and others, all birds of brilliant plumage and musical ability, seem quite unconscious of self, and neither by tone nor act challenge the admiration of the beholder. ❋ John Burroughs (1879)
Indeed, these two birds so much resemble each other in color, form, manner, voice, and general habits that, were it not for the difference in size, -- the grosbeak being nearly as large again as the indigo-bird, -- it would be a hard matter to tell them apart. ❋ John Burroughs (1879)
The bluebird is not entirely blue; nor will the indigo-bird bear a close inspection, nor the goldfinch, nor the summer redbird. ❋ John Burroughs (1879)
Be this as it may, however, it is noteworthy that the indigo-bird exactly reverses the common plan. ❋ Bradford Torrey (1877)
Something like this seems to be the philosophy of the indigo-bird; and he carries it out both in dress and in song. ❋ Bradford Torrey (1877)
