Water Pipit

American Pipits On The Rocks

By Mia McPherson|2021-11-02T05:48:03-05:00September 19th, 2017|Categories: American Pipits, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Pipit, Anthus rubescens, autumn, Buff-bellied Pipit, calling, crouching, fall, head turn, marsh, perched, pipit, pipits, rocks, standing tall, Water Pipit|

I've been hearing American Pipits on the wing for a while now and yesterday I was happy to photograph several pipits while they perched on some rocks in northern Utah.

An American Pipit on a tuft of grass

By Mia McPherson|2021-12-05T05:26:05-06:00January 25th, 2016|Categories: American Pipits, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: American Pipit, feeding, foraging, grass, insects, perched, pipit, pipits, tuft, Water Pipit, winter|

This American Pipit on a tuft of grass was photographed last November at Farmington Bay WMA and was only one of what appeared to be hundreds of pipits feeding on small insects.