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KIND OF ANIMAL:
Bird
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FOOD
The indigo bunting eats insects.
It also eats seeds and fruit. |
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ENEMIES
Meat-eating birds like owls and hawks hunt for
buntings.
Foxes and weasels eat them, too. |
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WHERE THEY LIVE
Buntings live on the edges of forests.
They live in fields and bushes.
You might also see one alongside a road. |
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DID YOU KNOW?
- A male indigo bunting looks different on a sunny
day and a cloudy day. On a cloudy day, its feathers look shiny, dark, grayish-black. On a
sunny day, its feathers look bright blue when they flash in the sunlight. The
female’s feathers are light brown.
- Indigo buntings help humans by eating lots of
insects and weed seeds.
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you want to look for more animals on the trail?
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