American Pipits are common, if inconspicuous, breeding across Alaska and Arctic Canada south above tree-line through the Rocky Mountains south almost to the Mexican border. They migrate south in the winter to the southern United State, across Mexico, and into Central America. A race of the American Pipit breeds in Siberia and winters from Israel to Southeast Asia.
I have only seven American Pipit records from Minnesota. As I just wrote, these birds are inconspicuous. At least one pipit flushed as I looked for birds at the Dennison Water Treatment Ponds here in Rice County on 29 October 2018. The pipit gave a few high-pitched whistles and flew to a nearby barbed-wired fence. This behavior surprised me, since almost every other pipit I have seen foraged on the ground or perched on rocks. I did not complain and grabbed my camera.
I have only seven American Pipit records from Minnesota. As I just wrote, these birds are inconspicuous. At least one pipit flushed as I looked for birds at the Dennison Water Treatment Ponds here in Rice County on 29 October 2018. The pipit gave a few high-pitched whistles and flew to a nearby barbed-wired fence. This behavior surprised me, since almost every other pipit I have seen foraged on the ground or perched on rocks. I did not complain and grabbed my camera.
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