Willet

Soon Willets will be arriving in Utah

By |2021-04-25T10:02:26-06:00March 9th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

March is a month when I begin to anticipate the arrival of Willets, I have been listening carefully for them and hoping to catch sight of them along the causeway to Antelope Island any day now.

Bird images from warmer days and all at 300mm or less

By |2016-12-07T12:12:16-07:00January 26th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Fish Crows, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ghost Crabs, Laughing Gulls, Pinellas County, Short-billed Dowitchers, Willets, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Gray skies, freezing temps and the inversions are beginning to get to me so I thought I would share some bird images from warmer days on Fort De Soto County Park's north beach in sunny Florida.

Eastern and Western Willets in breeding plumage

By |2021-04-25T05:26:12-06:00October 7th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I've had the good fortune to photograph both the eastern and western Willets in breeding plumage, the eastern in Florida and the western in Utah and Montana.

4 Years ago today when Hurricane Ike stirred things up at Fort De Soto

By |2020-01-25T05:56:45-07:00September 12th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Black Skimmers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Laughing Gulls, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets, Ring-billed Gulls, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Four years ago today Hurricane Ike was out in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico and the waves that it generated made a strong splash at Fort De Soto County Park.

Willets in Beaverhead County, Montana

By |2021-04-25T10:08:14-06:00July 29th, 2012|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

These images were taken at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Montana. There were two Willets; an adult and a juvenile, on the shoreline of the lower lake that delighted me.

Willet and Boreal Bluet Damselfly

By |2021-04-25T10:14:33-06:00July 26th, 2012|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On the first day of my recent trip to southwestern Montana I came across two Willets (Tringa semipalmata) near a lake shore, one was an adult and one was a juvenile.

Willet in the surf of the Gulf of Mexico

By |2021-04-25T10:22:52-06:00July 16th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Getting "Down & Dirty" pays off when photographing shorebirds like this Willet in the surf I photographed in Florida as it walked along the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico.

Birds on Poopy Perches

By |2023-12-01T10:00:21-07:00May 26th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Horned Larks, Humor, Long-billed Curlews, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I bet you are wondering what I mean by "Poopy perches", I know I would be if I saw that title. Am I talking about perches that are man-made and ugly? Or perches that are just not all that appealing visually?

Willets – In Utah and Florida

By |2021-09-07T05:36:28-06:00May 3rd, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Willets have returned to Utah, on the causeway to Antelope Island hundreds of them can be seen in the shallow water. They seem to spend some time there fattening up after migration before they get down to the serious business of mating and rearing their young.

Wild and Wonderful – Antelope Island State Park – The Birds

By |2024-03-28T05:14:18-06:00January 25th, 2012|Categories: American Kestrels, American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Barn Owls, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Brewer's Blackbirds, Burrowing Owls, California Gulls, Chukars, Common Ravens, Davis County, Great Horned Owls, Green-winged Teals, Horned Larks, Killdeer, Long-billed Curlews, Northern Harriers, Northern Shovelers, Peregrine Falcons, Prairie Falcons, Rough-legged Hawks, Sage Thrashers, Utah, Western Meadowlarks, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This is the third post in my series about Wild and Wonderful Antelope Island State Park, I've saved the best (and longest) for last. The Birds! Okay, maybe they aren't the best thing about Antelope Island State Park, but I am a bird photographer and they are what I am most passionate about!

One Willet’s defense of its young

By |2021-04-25T10:41:35-06:00July 16th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Davis County, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday I observed an adult Willet defending its young from a group of Black-billed Magpies that were near the Willet's chicks.

Killdeer and Willets – Territorial Disputes

By |2024-03-19T05:57:52-06:00June 4th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Killdeer, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

One of the habits I have developed after becoming a serious bird photographer is observing and learning about bird behavior and the habitats

Antelope Island gnats are back

By |2020-04-05T08:47:00-06:00May 9th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Horned Larks, Mule Deer, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

I hereby put the millions of biting gnats on Antelope Island on notice: No matter how many times you break through my insect repellent shield, I am still going to photograph birds on Antelope Island.

So ya think ya want to be a bird photographer?

By |2021-09-16T13:47:02-06:00February 8th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Humor, Loggerhead Shrikes, Montana, Northern Harriers, Pinellas County, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Semipalmated Plovers, Snowy Egrets, Swainson's Hawks, Utah, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Be prepared to become addicted to birds. You will have withdrawals if you don't shoot often enough, your shutter button finger will develop a nervous twitch

Auto Levels in Photoshop

By |2021-04-25T10:53:54-06:00November 9th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Willets|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Auto levels in Photoshop must be used with a light touch. Using auto levels can create too much contrast in an image, can cause color casts, it can brighten an image too much, it can strip the light and can make some images look very unnatural.

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