An All-American (Woodcock and Pipit) Day ~ March 11, 2022

My brother sent me a cell phone photo of a bird in his yard and asked me what it was. I looked at it and realized that he had an American Woodcock. I was driving up to my mom's anyway, so I stopped at his house and, sure enough, there was an American Woodcock under a bush blending in fairly well among some rocks and leaves next to his garage wall! I kept at a pretty good distance and took these shots with my telephoto lens.

American Woodcock

I checked the retention pond along Farmersville Road by Green Pond, which held three Lesser Scaup and five Hooded Mergansers.

Lesser Scaup

Hooded Mergansers

My last stop was at the St. Luke's Anderson Campus pond where I was surprised to hear and then see an American Pipit in the large, open field just south of the pond. I was even more surprised when it flew over me and landed in a tree next to the pond! It was the first time I had ever seen a pipit perch in a tree, so I was glad to get some photos of this unusual occurrence.

American Pipit perched in a tree!

Before I left, I checked to see if the two Yellow-rumped Warblers that had overwintered next to the pond were still there. After some looking, I found them in the same general area.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

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