Description
“American Pipit” by Betsy Rosenwald shows us a bird that is still common, yet their populations have fallen by 30% since 1970. Increasingly fragmented Alpine breeding habitat and impacts on southern climate wintering areas are all concerns. But its cheerful delivery of song that increases in tempo as the bird descends in flight is an encouragement to all bird lovers.
American Pipits are among the very few species of North American songbirds that nest in both Arctic tundra and alpine meadows. During spring and fall migration, pipits select the most similar open habitats, including agricultural fields (in stubble or plowed), turf farms, sports complexes with open grassy areas, beaches, mudflats, dry river or lake beds, and the shores of lakes and rivers. If you don’t live in the Arctic or above treeline, look for these birds in winter.
Betsy Rosenwald says, “The birds are part of an ongoing project in response to research showing that almost 3 billion North American birds have vanished since 1970. Sometimes I use post-consumer wastepaper to highlight the habitat loss, climate change, and general eco-system collapse that has caused a decline in even the most common species.“
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