We are pleased to announce the winner of our Monday Nature Mystery, PJ Dunn. Please email your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to [email protected].
This was a tricky one! Congratulations to PJ for correctly identifying this American Pipit (Anthus rubescens). According to All About Birds, the American Pipit was long known as Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta), a species that occurred over much of the Northern Hemisphere. Differences in plumages and calls led scientists to split this complex into multiple species. Check out the range map for this species! Although we call them American Pipits, this species also occurs across Asia, where it is known as “Buff-bellied Pipit.”
Last Week's mystery: American Pipit (Anthus rubescens). Photo: Judy Gallagher
Each Monday we’ll post a new photo and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an ASNV hat or tote bag.
Be sure to post your answer on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under the Monday Mystery post...do not reply to this email with your guess! We only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email.
Please remember to write the common name, being mindful of hyphens, uppercase and lowercase letters and always include the Latin name in parentheses. To learn more about bird names click here.
Who is this? Photo: Judy Gallagher
This week’s Mystery: Who is this?
Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under this week's Monday Nature Mystery. Remember, we only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email!
Good luck!
-Audubon Society of Northern Virginia
Please note that we only accept entries on our Facebook page where they are date- and time-stamped. Remember that, if you need to correct your entry, you should make a new posting rather than correcting the old one so that we get a correct time stamp for your correction. Winners are limited to one prize every 90 days, maximum 2 per person.
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