I came back from town this morning and saw a beautiful bird at my feeder. This male indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea, was eating the "woodpecker recipe" suet, which is available at Walmart. It never ate any of the sunflower seeds I have above the suet feeder. He didn't seem at all scared while I got many pictures of him. The only indigos I've seen in all my birding were near dirt roads - never at a feeder or even in my yard. 
The female is a dull brown, like so many females are: cardinals, house finches, purple finches, etc. compared to the males. But they are less likely to be seen when nesting.
When driving along country roads in spring and summer, if you suddenly see a bright blue flash, don't worry, you are not having a stroke, it surely will be this beautiful bird.
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