{"id":3074,"date":"2011-09-09T08:32:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T14:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2026-04-28T05:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:20:19","slug":"friday-photos-wilsons-plover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/09\/09\/friday-photos-wilsons-plover\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Photos – Wilson’s Plover"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wilson's<\/a>\u00a0Adult Wilson’s Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) in dried Sea Purslane – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 250, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This Friday’s Photo is that of a Wilson’s Plover, a species I very much enjoyed photographing while I lived in Florida. Wilson’s Plovers are strictly coastal shorebirds so here in Utah I don’t get to see them.<\/p>\n

They are found from the mid-Atlantic states down to Florida, Cuba and all along the Gulf shorelines. A subspecies; Charadrius wilsonia beldingi<\/em>, is found on the Mexican Pacific coast and the Gulf of California.<\/p>\n

Wilson’s Plovers nest in simple scrapes that can be found on the sandy shorelines and in sand dunes. This adult did have several chicks at the time I photographed it and it had been running along trying to keep up with the young birds when it took a short break on this sand dune amongst some dried Sea Purslane.<\/p>\n

The chicks appeared to have a mind of their own and were running willy-nilly through the dunes. Must be exhausting for the adults to keep up with with their young. I couldn’t help but laugh at the actions of the seemingly strong-willed but very curious chicks.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

* I’m stuck at home today waiting for the delivery of a replacement for my Jobu Black Widow Gimbal HD head. I had trouble with the older version when my locking pin broke off a few weeks ago. Jobu Design has been great about accepting the old Gimbal head back and replacing it with the newer version for a small upgrade fee. Although I rarely use a tripod, when I need it I really need it! My Nikkor 200-400mm VR f\/4 gets a bit heavy to handhold for me so I can’t wait to get this new Gimbal set up.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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