{"id":15657,"date":"2014-08-17T04:36:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T10:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15657"},"modified":"2025-08-18T06:55:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:55:37","slug":"the-dunlin-gets-the-worm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/08\/17\/the-dunlin-gets-the-worm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dunlin Gets The Worm"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted to post a shorebird today that I haven’t posted in a while so I picked this image where the late afternoon Dunlin got the worm.<\/p>\n

\"DunlinDunlin gets the worm – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

That afternoon I was out photographing at Fort De Soto’s north beach when this Dunlin came into the lagoon and foraged in front of me as I laid at the edge of the water.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t long before the Dunlin caught the small tubeworm and I happened to snap the shutter as tiny droplets of water flew into the air after the Dunlin pulled the worm from its underwater hole.<\/p>\n

Some folks think that Dunlins are rather plain in their nonbreeding plumage (and they are compared to their breeding plumage<\/span><\/a>) but I find\u00a0this phase of\u00a0plumage to be subtly beautiful.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t uncommon for me to see and photograph Dunlins in Florida for most of the year except for a few months during their breeding season.<\/p>\n

I see Dunlins<\/span><\/a> occasionally here in Utah when they stop over on migration but they are usually too far away to capture decent images of them.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Dunlin photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

Image taken in December of 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wanted to post a shorebird today that I haven’t posted in a while so I picked this image where the late afternoon Dunlin gets the worm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152599,"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":[27,232,25,704,2000],"tags":[4004,6676,970,999,5132,7380,396,13900,4620,4246,4106,2633,274,4140,2157,3996,5191],"class_list":["post-15657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-dunlins","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","tag-adult","tag-afternoon","tag-autumn","tag-calidris-alpina","tag-coastal","tag-droplets","tag-dunlin","tag-dunlins","tag-fall","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-prey","tag-sea-worm","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-tidal-lagoon","tag-tubeworm","tag-water","tag-worm"],"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