| 单词 | pipit |
| 例句 | Nightingale, greenfinch, grey partridge, marsh tit, skylark, nightjar and tree pipit - all Red List species - have been recorded. Wild Woodbury: Red List bird species return after rewilding 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The group labeled “insect eaters” combines many species because the numbers for individual species were too small to show separately as shown for the meadow pipit and willow grouse, which are both highly abundant. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Birds like the meadow pipit and skylark use the heather for nesting, and it is also a source of food for the red grouse. Mourne Mountains: Impact of fires still felt one year on 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Another discovery was that non-scavenger birds such as the meadow pipit, northern wheatear, common reed bunting, bluethroat and lapland bunting all fed on the “bloom” of arthropods, such as blowfly, that developed on the carrion. 'Landscape of fear': what a mass of rotting reindeer carcasses taught scientists 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Birds like the African plain-backed pipit combat this with a powerful immune response. Some Birds Are Better Off With Weak Immune Systems 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Even more thrilling than Shakleton Gap, he says, was seeing a South Georgia pipit on the beach, hopping around on some kelp. Large Island Declared Rat-Free in Biggest Removal Success 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Several threatened or endangered species are found on the property, including black rails, Sprague’s pipit and alligator snapping turtles. 2 proposals in could expand public lands, habitat in Texas 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z It was true that there were extraordinary birds to be seen, not just penguins but oddities like the snowy sheathbill and the world’s southernmost-breeding songbird, the South Georgia pipit. A Voyage to the End of the World 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Meadow pipit were the most common, with up to 80 individuals feeding on the site at once. 'Landscape of fear': what a mass of rotting reindeer carcasses taught scientists 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z "That's a meadow pipit!" he exclaimed, homing in his telescope on a plump, brown bird with beady black eyes. Despite the smog, bird-watching in Beijing takes flight 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z His whole time on the island he only saw that single pipit. Large Island Declared Rat-Free in Biggest Removal Success 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z I heard the warble of a bird, perhaps a skylark or a pipit—and the sound of our horses whinnying to each other in the darkness. Go on a Haunting Horseback Safari on the English Moors 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z He’d given up listing, but in one of his nightly recaps he told the amusing story of his desperation and failure to find a pipit on his first trip to South Georgia. A Voyage to the End of the World 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Its pale face and streaked breast allow the Sprague’s pipit to conceal itself in shortgrass prairie. Montana refuge a haven for migratory and grassland birds 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The forest-dwelling birds are members of the pipit and wagtail families, but were not recognised as such, partly because they live in very different habitats to their relatives. DNA reveals bird shift surprise 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z This Rock pipit Anthus petrosus was very obliging and I took many pictures of it, preening and foraging. Thrilling encounters with freak passerine birds 2014-05-05T22:52:44Z The South Georgia pipit - the Antarctic's only songbird - is threatened by the rat population The cull is the second eradication programme being mounted on South Georgia at the moment. South Georgia to cull reindeer 2013-01-09T19:15:57Z "Its difficult to identify, and to the untrained eye it looks like the European pipits, until you see its shiny ebony black legs," he said. Rare bird makes wrong turn to UK 2012-12-18T13:33:34Z Rare birds The island is home to many species of bird, some of which are found nowhere else in the world, like the South Georgia pipit and the South Georgia pintail. Island ready to get rid of rats 2012-11-30T13:04:46Z "This is surprising because these birds do not look anything like a pipit or wagtail," explained co-author Per Alstrom from the Swedish Species Information Centre, based at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. DNA reveals bird shift surprise 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Finally, while at Lyme Regis recently for the Fossil Festival, I went and photographed pipits and wagtails on the big boulders at the sea’s edge. Thrilling encounters with freak passerine birds 2014-05-05T22:52:44Z Two of the indigenous bird species - the South Georgia pipit and pintail - are particularly at risk. South Georgia to cull reindeer 2013-01-09T19:15:57Z For ground-nesting birds like the South Georgia pipit and South Georgia pintail, both of which are unique to the island, the rat explosion spells disaster because the rats feed on chicks and eggs. South Georgia rat cull to resume 2012-11-29T12:08:45Z Wagtail, wag′tāl, n. any bird of the family Motacillid�, so named from their constant wagging of the tail—the pipits or titlarks, &c.: Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z "These islands are covered totally by forest, which is a very unfamiliar habitat to pipits and wagtails," he said. DNA reveals bird shift surprise 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Nor is it fastidious in its choice of food—leverets, young rabbits, mice, partridges, thrushes, blackbirds, sparrows, larks, pipits, and many others are equal favourites. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Among birds particularly interesting because of curious and unusual habits are the broadtailed hummingbird, water ouzel, campbird, nuthatch, nighthawk, and the ptarmigan, pipit, and rosy finch of the high peaks. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z This may be seen in daws, choughs, pipits, and many other species. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Tit, tit, n. one of various small birds, a pipit, tomtit, or titmouse. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The long stuff provides secure nesting, while the pipits find it easier to find their insect prey in closer-cropped sward. Chick sex swayed by farm grazing 2011-05-11T09:07:11Z Researchers found that meadow pipit birds produce few males if land near their nests is either grazed heavily or not at all, with light grazing bringing more males.True - it's a New Zealand native bird. It's quiz time! 2011-05-12T23:51:44Z In both of the lightly stocked areas, meadow pipits responded by producing slightly more male chicks than females. Chick sex swayed by farm grazing 2011-05-11T03:54:29Z The tree pipit is often called by that name in Scotland, where the true wood-lark is not found. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z After this failure she sat down on a branch, her tail tilting as violently as a pipit's, and when Canello moved around too much, took the excuse and flew off. A-Birding on a Bronco The greater number of birds belong to the order Passeres; starlings, weavers and larks are very common, the Cape canary, long-tailed sugar bird, pipits and wagtails are fairly numerous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Perhaps there will be a chorus of pipits, fox and white-throated sparrows, robins, warblers and buntings. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North They found that meadow pipits produce few males if land near their nests is either grazed heavily or not at all, with light grazing bringing more males. Chick sex swayed by farm grazing 2011-05-11T03:54:29Z Two species of birds from the Far North are usually represented by a solitary specimen of each, namely, the Alaska hermit thrush and the American pipit, or titlark. Under the Maples One morning a pipit came tipping and tilting along the sand, peeping in its wild, sad way. A-Birding on a Bronco Eagles soar the blue, and ptarmigan, pipits, and sparrows live on the alpine moorlands. Wild Life on the Rockies The bailiwicks of the pipits and the rosy finches slightly overlapped, as did also those of the pipits and the white-crowned sparrows near the great mountain's base. Our Bird Comrades The meadow pipit is quite a widespread species, found across the UK, and not limited to farmland; numbers appear healthy. Chick sex swayed by farm grazing 2011-05-11T03:54:29Z The pipit is the only walker in the group. Under the Maples Pipits "Up over theBottomless Pit" The pipits frequently flitted from rock to rock, teetering their slender bodies like sandpipers, and chirping their disapproval of my presence. Birds of the Rockies To-day the bogle wags, a thing of jest And open scorn; the very pipits mock it; A jenny wren, I'm told, has built her nest In one torn pocket! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 However, no pipits ventured to the upper story of this elevated region—at least, not at the time of our visit, although they may have ascended to the summit later in the season. Our Bird Comrades The Indian pipit affects open country and seems never to perch in trees. Birds of the Indian Hills While in Alaska, in July, 1899, with the Harriman Expedition, I found the nest of the pipit far130 up on the side of a steep mountain. Under the Maples Afterwards a number of other pipits performed the same aerial exploit. Birds of the Rockies The scene of the tragedy was the nest of a pipit, or titlark, on the ground beneath a heather-bush. My Studio Neighbors In one instance realism has dictated the addition of a clutch of pipit's eggs found on the Bass Rock, in a nest invisible to the spectator. Highways and Byways in Sussex The pipits are members of the wagtail family. Birds of the Indian Hills Small indigenous birds, such as titmice, chipmunks, pipits and squinches, are constantly seen in coveys or even bevies just now. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 24, 1920 The young birds having left the nest, in August both old and young gather in flocks and range over the bald mountain peaks in quest of such dainties as are to the pipit taste. Birds of the Rockies When first discovered it contained two pipit's eggs and the egg of a cuckoo. My Studio Neighbors The fields and open plains swarm with larks, pipits, finch-larks, lapwings, plovers, quail, buntings, mynas, crows, harriers, buzzards, kestrels, and a score of other birds. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The Nilgiri pipit goes about singly or in pairs, and, although it frequents grassy land, it usually keeps to cover and flies into a tree or bush when alarmed. Birds of the Indian Hills There were all maks o' birds i' t' trees—spinks an' throstles an' blackbirds—an' t' air aboon my head were fair wick wi' larks an' pipits singin' as canty as could be. Tales of the Ridings While watching the pipits, I had another surprise. Birds of the Rockies After this the cuckoo stood a minute or two feeling back with its wings, as if to make sure that the pipit was fairly overboard, and then subsided into the bottom of the nest. My Studio Neighbors The burong pipit resembles the sparrow in its appearance, habits, numbers, and the destruction it causes to the grain. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants I was thinking of the old times when we used to scramble about here as merry as the rock pipits. Carette of Sark Among our native species we see it well marked in the different species of titmice, pipits, and chats. Darwinism (1889) From this sublime height the American pipits rise on resilient wings hundreds of feet into the air until they disappear in the cerulean depths of the sky, singing all the while at "heaven's gate." Birds of the Rockies In the open, there are owls and hawks; and the only refuge from either is the thick-leafed grove, into which linnets and pipits can dive at the approach of danger and quickly hide. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation He runs about on the ground like a pipit, but also frequently perches on some bush to go through a strange flight-song performance. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Some greenfinches, a whinchat or two, almost no pipits or larks, and very few sparrows. The Naturalist on the Thames Flocks of goldfinches and long-tailed tits were flitting about, and they spied some black-caps and pipits, and even a buzzard falcon poised in the air high above the cliffs. Monitress Merle In our climb up Gray's Peak we found the pipit realm and that of the white-crowned sparrows slightly overlapping. Birds of the Rockies Nor do the long-drawn notes of the nightingale, nor even the jolly cuckoo, nor the tree pipit, no, nor even the soft coo of the turtle-dove and the smell of the May flower. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies They behaved like pipits or longspurs, running actively over the ground in the same manner and showing the same restlessness and the same kind of flight. Through the Brazilian Wilderness From this and the season, and the size and color of the bird, I knew he had seen the pipit or titlark. Locusts and Wild Honey This is Sprague's pipit, sometimes called the Missouri skylark, an excelsior songster, which from far up in the transparent blue rains down its notes for many minutes together. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers As soon, however, as we began the steep climb above the matted copses, the white-crowns disappeared and the pipits grew more abundant. Birds of the Rockies For the rest of my walk I saw no living thing but one flock of curlews, and a few pipits hiding among the stones. The Aran Islands But whereas pipits are inconspicuous, the red-backs at once attracted attention by the contrast between their bold coloring and the grayish or yellowish tones of the ground along which they ran. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The swans and geese began to fly northward, and the pipits woke among the birches. The Path of the King A little before the ascent of the ridge begins, the first pipits are seen; thence the clamberer has pipit company to the point where the ridge joins the main bulk of the mountain. Birds of the Rockies Did the pipits accompany you to the summit of the peak? Birds of the Rockies Here the pipits stop, and the first leucostictes are noted, which, chirping cheerily all the way, escort the traveller to the summit. Birds of the Rockies |
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