{"id":35265,"date":"2015-11-21T05:42:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T12:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=35265"},"modified":"2015-11-21T05:42:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T12:42:37","slug":"american-pipits-at-farmington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/21\/american-pipits-at-farmington\/","title":{"rendered":"American Pipits At Farmington"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve seen far\u00a0more American Pipits\u00a0migrating through\u00a0northern Utah this fall than I’ve ever seen before. I hope that’s a sign they had a highly successful breeding season up north this past summer.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I photographed two pipits yesterday morning and this is one of them – both of them were feeding near the 4-way at Farmington MBR.\u00a0The wind ruffled\u00a0the cap of this bird\u00a0for a moment\u00a0which gave me\u00a0a bit of a different look. I wish I had more depth of field for the tail but I like the look-back from the bird and the clean background.<\/p>\n

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American Pipits are one of the few ground-dwelling songbirds that breed in alpine meadows including on the arctic tundra\u00a0so their habitat is generally inhospitable and frequently has snow. Pipits have\u00a0an unusually long hallux (back toe and claw) which is thought to aid them in\u00a0walking on snow as they forage. This extremely large crop of\u00a0a (mediocre) image taken yesterday shows that long hallux pretty well.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a different bird from the first image. Both pipits were foraging in the grasses and mud and attempting to avoid being blown over by the stiff, cold north wind.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I liked the noble pose this pipit gave me.<\/p>\n

This time of year I tend to concentrate on raptors and yesterday I did spend some time with a Prairie Falcon, a couple of Northern Harriers and even a far-away adult Bald Eagle at Farmington. But I never like to ignore the LBJ’s (“little brown jobs”, thank you for that moniker, Elephant’s Child) when I encounter them.<\/p>\n

I’ll miss these birds (and their soft calls<\/a>)\u00a0when they’re gone and that won’t be long now.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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I’ve seen far more American Pipits migrating through northern Utah this fall than I’ve ever seen before. I hope that’s a sign they had a highly successful breeding season up north this past summer.<\/p>\n

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