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Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens
By Corey • November 4, 2011 • 4 commentsThe Buff-bellied Pipit* Anthus rubescens, which is known in the Americas as the American Pipit, is a bland little bird, and one of those species that are only known and noticed by birders. If you mention to a random person that you saw a pipit without providing any other context the most likely response would [...]
Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed
By Alan • March 17, 2011 • 4 commentsMarch and it’s like a switch flicks in birders brains in Europe, suddenly everyone’s ‘doing’ sub-Saharan migrants (or should that be trans-Saharan migrants and why don’t I know?). Birders the length and breadth of the continent salivating over the prospect of spring migration, hirundines, warblers, waders, scarce, rare; the excitement of that first Wheatear or [...]
