{"id":55006,"date":"2018-11-15T05:29:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T12:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55006"},"modified":"2025-11-01T14:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:30:34","slug":"my-first-plus-my-most-recent-american-pipit-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/11\/15\/my-first-plus-my-most-recent-american-pipit-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Plus My Most Recent American Pipit Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Pipit in nonbreeding plumage 2008 – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 400, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light
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It was November 3, 2008 when I photographed my lifer American Pipits at Farmington Bay WMA while I was on a bird photography trip to Utah.<\/p>\n

I was living in Florida at the time and I enjoyed making trips out west because many of the birds I saw where new to me as a bird photographer. It was exciting to get photos of the pipits and add them to my portfolio and to observe their behaviors while I learned more about them.<\/p>\n

Then in July of 2009 I moved to Utah and started focusing more on the birds I found here and in surrounding western states.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Pipit in nonbreeding plumage at Farmington Bay WMA 2018 – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/5000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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November 12, 2018 was when I took my most recent American Pipit photos at Farmington Bay WMA, just a little over ten years since I took my first photos of this species.<\/p>\n

I enjoy these tail-bobbing American Pipits<\/span><\/a> every bit as much today as I did the morning I first saw them near Goose Egg Island at Farmington Bay but since I moved to Utah I can see and photograph them more often.<\/p>\n

It is a little hard for me to believe that these two pipit photos were taken almost ten years apart, time has flown by so swiftly.<\/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":"

I enjoy these tail-bobbing American Pipits every bit as much today as I did the morning I first saw them near Goose Egg Island at Farmington Bay but since I moved to Utah I can see and photograph them more often. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":162613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[4004,2400,4655,970,4138,4620,4109,531,4094,4246,5475,4895,4394,4095],"class_list":["post-55006","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-adult","tag-american-pipit","tag-anthus-rubescens","tag-autumn","tag-boulder","tag-fall","tag-grasses","tag-lifer","tag-marsh","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-pipit","tag-pipits","tag-post","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/american-pipit-grasses-and-a-boulder-mia-mcpherson-8744.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-ejc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108427,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/12\/02\/my-fondness-for-american-pipits\/","url_meta":{"origin":55006,"position":0},"title":"My Fondness For American Pipits","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It has been almost exactly one year since I have taken high quality images of American Pipits. 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