More lapis lazuli loveliness...

in the eponymously named bird, with now more than a dozen individuals pecking around the feeding stations. Gorgeous but tiny birds in the Cardinal family.

Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena).

Link to the mineral lapis lazuli.

Note to self: These images would be better if I cleaned the windows.

UPDATE 2 May 2024: Here’s an image, caught in direct sunlight, through clean windows.