A Pipit

What’s a Pipit?

I spotted this bird at the top of a small tree near our pond, aimed my camera and snapped. I didn’t know what sort of bird it might be. Just moments before, I had seen the first Eastern Kingbird of the season land in the same tree. But, this bird wasn’t another Kingbird. I waited to download the files from my camera to determine the bird’s ID.

When I took a look at the images, I could not figure out what species it might be. In fact, I didn’t know where to start. It didn’t look like a finch or a sparrow. It was somewhat like a thrush in shape, and I thought perhaps it would be something like a Northern Waterthrush. I decided to use a FaceBook group of American Birding Assoc member who are quick to provide an accurate identification. Within a few minutes I received the answer: American Pipit. There is another Pipit (the Sprague’s Pipit) but we are well outside it’s range, which shows its migration route west of Missouri and Iowa.

Here is another image I captured of this beauty.