{"id":41952,"date":"2016-09-12T05:36:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T11:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=41952"},"modified":"2025-10-31T12:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:59:35","slug":"american-pipits-at-farmington-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/09\/12\/american-pipits-at-farmington-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"American Pipits at Farmington Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Pipit at sunrise – Nikon D810, f9, 1\/320, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve been thinking about the birds that will be leaving and those that will be arriving as summer leaves and fall makes its colorful and cooler appearance. One of the sounds I enjoy hearing in the fall isn’t as loud as the calls of Canada Geese<\/a><\/span> but is instead a soft call that seems to be carried by the wind to my ears.<\/p>\n

American Pipits will soon be migrating through the Salt Lake Valley and I will hear their flight calls along the causeway to Antelope Island and the fields at Farmington Bay WMA. Of course they are seen and heard in other locations in the Salt Lake Valley but that is where I see and hear them most often.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Pipit in mud – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 320, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

American Pipits are also called Buff-bellied Pipits and they are a wide-ranging species found in North America, Europe and Central Asia. Recent studies indicate that the three North American subspecies are best regarded as distinct species. I wanted to clarify that before sharing this sound recording<\/span><\/a> because it reads “Buff-bellied Pipit” for the title but it is the sound flight calls of American Pipits.<\/p>\n

American Pipits are small songbirds that breed in arctic and alpine tundra including a few locations high in the mountains here in Utah. During migration it isn’t uncommon to see hundreds or even thousands of them in the fields along the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA or feeding along the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake.<\/p>\n

I’ll be listening for their arrival.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American Pipit photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

American Pipits will soon be migrating through the Salt Lake Valley and I will hear their flight calls along the causeway to Antelope Island and the fields at Farmington Bay WMA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":162498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4654,27,1022,697,26],"tags":[2400,4655,5421,2304,5420,4254,2213,5475,4895,9121,5422,4190],"class_list":["post-41952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-pipits","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-american-pipit","tag-anthus-rubescens","tag-buff-bellied-pipits","tag-calls","tag-flight-calls","tag-golden-light","tag-mud","tag-pipit","tag-pipits","tag-songbirds","tag-subspecies","tag-sunrise"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american-pipit-sunrise-mia-mcpherson-4115.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-aUE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42614,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/10\/14\/migrating-american-pipits-in-utah\/","url_meta":{"origin":41952,"position":0},"title":"Migrating American Pipits in Utah – Pipits Everywhere!","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"American Pipits are migrating through Utah in large numbers right now and yesterday morning at Farmington Bay they seemed to be everywhere!","rel":"","context":"In "American Pipits"","block_context":{"text":"American Pipits","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/mimids\/american-pipits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Calling American Pipit, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american-pipit-calling-mia-mcpherson-7694.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american-pipit-calling-mia-mcpherson-7694.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american-pipit-calling-mia-mcpherson-7694.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/american-pipit-calling-mia-mcpherson-7694.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54441,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/10\/05\/american-pipits-and-fall-migration\/","url_meta":{"origin":41952,"position":1},"title":"American Pipits and Fall Migration","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"American Pipits aren't flashy birds, in fact some people might think they are rather plain or dull colored. 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