[Length 6.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This American Pipit was photographed at Lake Balmorhea, Balmorhea, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 19, 2008)

[Length 6.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This American Pipit was photographed at Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Canada. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: July 1994)

[Length 6.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This American Pipit was photographed at Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Canada. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: July 1994)

[Length 6.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This American Pipit was photographed in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: August 1980)

[Length 6.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This American Pipit was photographed at Newport Bay, California, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: April 1982)

[Length 6.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

The breeding plumaged American Pipit is a brownish gray, sparrow-sized bird with a thin, pointed bill and white outer tail feathers. It is streaked on the back and breast and has a buffy wash on its underparts. Close observation reveals that it "walks" rather than "hops", which is useful in separating it from Sparrows and Longspurs. American Pipits breed throughout Alaska, western and far northern Canada, and in the mountain areas of the western US. They winter across the southern US states and up the coasts as far north as extreme southern British Columbia in the west and Virginia in the east. This American Pipit was photographed at the King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1988)

[Length 6.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This American Pipit was photographed at Lake Balmorhea, Balmorhea, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 19, 2008)

[Length 6.5 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This American Pipit was photographed at Lake Balmorhea, Balmorhea, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 19, 2008)