curlews – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Long-billed Curlews – A Territorial Encounter

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-16T04:02:45-05:00April 14th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: Agonistic Behavior, Communicative Interactions, Crouch-Run, curlew, curlews, fighting, Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, shorebirds, Supplanting, territorial encounter, Wing-Raising|

Yesterday on Antelope Island State Park I witnessed and photographed a territorial encounter between two Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) males that occurred while a female was nearby.

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Long-billed Curlew Mating Display

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-16T04:02:32-05:00April 3rd, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: bill shaking, bird photography, breeding behavior, curlews, Long-billed Curlew, mating behavior, mating display, Numenius americanus, ruffling, sexual behavior|

I had a wonderful photographic opportunity yesterday seeing a Long-billed Curlew mating display on Antelope Island State Park.

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Shorebirds: Long-billed Curlew juvenile

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-07T04:31:40-05:00July 3rd, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: chick, close up, closeup, curlew, curlews, fledgling, grasses, head shot, immature, juvenile, Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, portrait, shorebirds, young|

Sometimes I just feel so lucky being a bird photographer. Not only do I get to be outside in nature when I am photographing, but I get nice surprises too like when this Long-billed Curlew juvenile approached near enough to get head shots of it.

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Friday Photos – Long-billed Curlews

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:14:35-06:00July 1st, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Long-billed Curlews, Utah|Tags: adult, adult plumage, bird photography, boulder, chick, curlews, flight, flying, foraging, immature, juvenile, landing, Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, shorebirds, wing lift|

The juvenile Long-billed Curlew was foraging and preening in the vegetation on the ground below the adult perched on the boulder

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Coming Soon to a view near U(tah)

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T04:39:04-05:00March 3rd, 2011|Categories: American Avocets, American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Double-crested Cormorants, Loggerhead Shrikes, Long-billed Curlews, Salt Lake County, Sandhill Cranes, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, American White Pelican, Antigone canadensis, avocets, cormorants, cranes, curlews, Double-crested Cormorant, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike, Long-billed Curlew, Nannopterum auritus, Numenius americanus, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelicans, Recurvirostra americana, Sandhill Crane, shrikes, spring previews, spring time|

These are just a small selection of the cast and characters of the upcoming Spring Season

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