Reporting this for my mother, Wanda Tice:

In Pasadena, Anne Arundel County, my mother had a new visitor to her yard today, which is fenced in and within a townhouse community.  From somewhere, an AMERICAN PIPIT wandered into her yard and she looked outside at just the right time to catch notice of it.  There was a male Junco in the yard that caught her attention first and then she saw the other larger, taller, sleek looking bird, faintly striped and pumping its tail (with pale outer feathers) quite rapidly.  The Pipit walked around in some fallen leaves for a short while before taking off for sites unknown.

P.S.  The Purple Finches are still visiting the feeders here in Bowie.

Thanks,
Meghan Tice
Bowie, Prince George's County
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