claudiastaab
Member
Hi all,
I would be grateful for some feedback on this pipit. The picture was taken at the shores of Isar, south of Munich. The bird was quite far away and the light conditions not favourable, hence the lousy pic, sorry about that.
Actually I was convinced it would be a water pipit (Anthus spinoletta) and it is the most likely pipit species here for this time of year at water banks. Also water pipits have been reported from that spot and the pipit's call sounded very much like my app tells me a water pipit should sound like.
Here is why I post this anyway: I am confused about the orange-yellow legs. According to typical descriptions of the water pipit, the legs should be dark - the Svensson states that leg colour "can vary" and be "quite light" - whatever that means. The leg colour wasn't something that struck me while in the field but now on the picture I find it quite remarkable.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance,
Claudia
I would be grateful for some feedback on this pipit. The picture was taken at the shores of Isar, south of Munich. The bird was quite far away and the light conditions not favourable, hence the lousy pic, sorry about that.
Actually I was convinced it would be a water pipit (Anthus spinoletta) and it is the most likely pipit species here for this time of year at water banks. Also water pipits have been reported from that spot and the pipit's call sounded very much like my app tells me a water pipit should sound like.
Here is why I post this anyway: I am confused about the orange-yellow legs. According to typical descriptions of the water pipit, the legs should be dark - the Svensson states that leg colour "can vary" and be "quite light" - whatever that means. The leg colour wasn't something that struck me while in the field but now on the picture I find it quite remarkable.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance,
Claudia