BIRDS OF NEW YORK 



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Distribution. This species breeds in the eastern United States from 

 Minnesota, southern Ontario and Nova Scotia southward to the Gulf 

 States, and winters in Central America. In New York the Indigo bird 

 is a common summer resident in all the warmer portions of the State and 



Indigo bunting at nest 



Photo by James H. Miller 



is found about the edges of the Catskill and Adirondack districts, but 

 does not enter the Canadian zone. It is decidedly less common in the 

 northernmost counties of the State, but is one of the characteristic birds 

 throughout central and western New York, as well as the coastal district. 



