Indigo buntings are majestically beautiful birds. I had a hard time deciding the direction to go in doodling this one, so I dug up a lot of fun facts:

• A group of indigo buntings is called a sacrifice, mural, or decoration.
• Their indigo color comes from the structure within their feathers rather than pigment.
• These birds study the stars and navigate by them for migration.

After playing with prisms and light and then settling on stars, I have finished another bird in the series. Enjoy!

I normally use my observations, general reference, and my library of photography for sketches. However, I don’t have any good shots of indigo buntings. Jen Cross on Twitter offered some absolutely stellar photographs of these beautiful birds for reference. Here website is here.