Tattered Dad

Having just delivered lunch to the fledgling,
Dad waits patiently.

Here's the Indigo Bunting Dad. He's not looking too dapper as he has begun to mold. The Mama Bunting was about 20 feet away in the direction his beak is pointing. She was definitely calling the shots.

Look closely to the right of the Dad. In the background you can see the fledgling with a grasshopper in it's mouth. Dad just finished delivering the groceries. Just a minute after I took this shot, the baby figured out how to flip the grasshopper up in the air, catch it and swallow. A nifty skill if you don't want your lunch to wiggle away in the brush.