Looked out my kitchen window about 4:00 p.m. and was startled to see an indigo bunting on one of the tube feeders. This seems way to early for one on the home property. The earliest previous record I have for this species going back to 2010 is May 28. I noticed a report for one on May 2nd over in Canterbury, NH and one in Lee, NH on April 27. I guess it's possible. Bill was yellowish, not black as depicted in Sibley and Peterson, but what else could this completely blue bird have been? Also seen by my wife.

Blake Allison
Lyme, NH 03768-3322


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