Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea
Statewide Status: S:N  IBRC Review Species
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Indigo Bunting
Fred Zeillemaker
March-November
(Migration / Summer)
 
December-February
(Winter)
 

All Reports (Review Species Only):
Only documented records below – there are 29 other records not listed.

  1. ♦13 August 2006 – 1 – Camas NWR headquarters, Jefferson County,
    Latilong 21 – Jay Carlisle
    Rare Bird Report #:23-B-2016
    Voting: 7-0
  2. ♦10 September 2009– Lucky Peak Banding Station, Ada County, Latilong 17 – Heiki Ware+, Stepanie Coates, Caroline Poli, Nathan Banfield (IBO banding crew), Charles Swift
    Rare Bird Report #:56-B-10
    Voting: 7-0
  3. ♦May 2011 – 1 – backyard in Mountain Home, Elmore County, Latilong 18 – George Raezer+,  Suzanne Cox
    Rare Bird Report #:60-B-12
    Voting: 7-0
  4. ♦3-5 (to date) – June 2011 – in yard approx. 24-25 miles north of Howe, Butte County, Latilong 13 – Jack Orr and , Connie Orr+(photo)
    Rare Bird Report #:34-B-11
    Voting: 7-0
  5. ♦31 August 2011 – 1 – Idaho Falls (about 1 1’2 miles west of) , Bonneville County, Latilong 21 – Kit Struthers – IBLE
    Rare Bird Report #:48-B-11
    Voting: 7-0
  6. ♦25 April 2012 – 1 – at feeder Idaho Falls, Boneville County, Latilog 21 -Patty+ and Mkie Pickett – photos
    Rare Bird Report #:1-B-2016
    Voting: 7-0
  7.  ♦4 May 2013 – 1 – between Ketchum and Haily, Blaine County, Latilong 19 – Karma and Fritz Schafer (first found the buntng in their yard), Poo Wright-Pulliam+, Jean Seymour, Brian Sturgis, Cheryl Huizinga, Denise Hughes, Norm and Karen Shorts – IBLE
    Rare Bird Report #:26-B-13
    Voting: 7-0
  8. ♦21 May 2013  – 1 – Bellevue,  Blaine County, latilong 19 – Kathleen Cameron, Marian
    Edwards
    Rare Bird Report #:32-B-13
    Voting: 7-0
  9. ♦22 May 2017 – 1 – Howe, Butte County, Latilong 20 – Connie and Jack Orr – at feeder, photo
    Rare Bird Report #:12-B-2017
    Voting: 7-0
  10. ♦14 July – 16 August 2017 – 1 – Fort Boise NWR, Canyon County, Latilong 17 – Karen Noling+ and later by Cheryl Huizinga, Jason Talbot and several others – Jay Carlisle found 2 on July 21nd.. eBird checklist photos
    Rare Bird Report #:25-B-2017
    Voting: 5-2, 6-1
  11.  χ12-13 June 2018 – 1 – Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge, Canyon County, Latilong 17 – Arthur Wilson and on several eBird Checklists – photo
    Rare Bird Report #:21-B-2018
    Voting: 3-4, 0-7
  12. ♦18 June 2020 – 1 – Camas NWR, Jefferson County, Latilong 21 – Robert Davis, also Terrie Davis, Kit Struthers, Teresa Mecham – photos
    Rare Bird Report #:24-B-2020
    Voting: 7-0
  13. ♦28 July 2020 – 1 – Along Birch Creek Road between City of Rocks and Oakley, Cassia County, Latilong 26 – Benjamin Romney and his father – Photos
    Rare Bird Report #:32-B-2020
    Voting: 7-0

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