{"id":10051,"date":"2013-11-01T05:36:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T11:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=10051"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:30:39","slug":"black-bellied-plover-on-a-tidal-mudflat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/11\/01\/black-bellied-plover-on-a-tidal-mudflat\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-bellied Plover On A Tidal Mudflat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Black-belliedBlack-bellied Plover on a tidal mudflat – Nikon D200, handheld, f8, 1\/250, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I love the light and the mudflat\u00a0setting I photographed this Black-bellied Plover in on a warm\u00a0April morning in Florida several years ago.<\/p>\n

There are\u00a0probably some photographers who might disagree with me about the aesthetics of the muddy setting but I think this image shows the\u00a0plover in\u00a0its natural habitat and that is what I strive for with my bird photography.<\/p>\n

Mud isn’t ugly, perhaps it is only our perception of it that is.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Black-bellied Plover photos plus facts and information about this species<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love the light and the mudflat setting I photographed this Black-bellied Plover in on a warm April morning in Florida several years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,87,25,2000],"tags":[4004,4367,14752,173,2339,519,4031,4246,4162,165,16568,102,4032],"class_list":["post-10051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-black-bellied-plovers","category-florida","category-pinellas-county-florida","tag-adult","tag-black-bellied-plover","tag-coastal-island","tag-gulf-coast","tag-mud-flats","tag-nature","tag-nonbreeding","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-pluvialis-squatarola","tag-spring","tag-tidal-mudflat","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t