A sparrow of some type? Several of them were hanging out at the edge of a cement-bottom bayou with some killdeer and a larger shorebird that I haven't ID'd yet. This one ran up the cement bank to the grass when I approached. Here is pic 1.
CLOSED: What bird is this?
Pic 2
Pic 3
Pic 4 -- OMG! I think I just found it in my book! Is it an America Pipit?
Pic 5
Last pic.
Yep, American Pipit
Resin
Thank you! Thank you. Sometimes, I just don't know where to look!
Hey Elphaba, is this a lifer for you? I added one to my lifer list on Jan 12 of 2011.
Here's one of mine.
Hack
That's a great pic Hack! Not a lifer -- but not by much. Saw my first one only about a month ago! It's not one that I have registered in my head yet (obviously since I thought it was a big sparrow!)
Elphaba, if I see one again, I'm not sure that I''ll remember it either, doesn't seen to have any outstanding features, at least, none I picked up on.
Hack
Yep, pipits are fairly dowdy birds! At least you only have two species to worry about, over here, there's three common and another 6 or 7 rare ones to sort between ;-)
Resin