Actually it was more than that. Last Saturday we plowed our garden spot
and as soon as we were finished, a small bird arrived and began picking
over the clods. I watched it for a long time for careful observation and
found it to be an American Pipit. We have lived here full time since 2002
and never seen one here before and never anywhere very close to our
location. From the first I realized there were some differences from the
various sparrows we have at times so I continued to examine it with binos
although it was close anyway to be sure I could eliminate other
possibilities. Our garden spot is about four tenths of a mile from our
house in a long field. The bird has not been back other days.
J. N. Howard, Fiery Gizzard Cove, Marion
County
