hpippen 3/01/2007 20:54
Buff bellied Pipit?
Is this Buff-bellied Pipit or Red-throated Pipit first winter?
03 Jan 2007
Long Valley
[img]http://images4.fotop.net/albums2/pippenho/Buff_bellied_Pipit/F2V8978b.jpg[/img]
wgeoff 8/01/2007 11:52
It's a Red-throated Pipit, Pippen.
The dark stripes on the upper back (mantle) are Red-throated Pipit. A Buff-bellied Pipit has a fairly plain upper back (it's not just a poor photo, it really is plain).
[img]http://www.geocities.com/geoffwelch46/BBP3.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.geocities.com/geoffwelch46/BBP2.jpg[/img]
Buff-bellied Pipits at Long Valley seem to mix in with the Red-throated.
Look through the Red-throated for one with a plain back, or a different call note - shorter 'tsip' with a definite 'p' at the end.