{"id":30860,"date":"2015-10-22T06:09:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T12:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=30860"},"modified":"2025-08-17T09:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:32:19","slug":"a-migrating-least-sandpiper-at-farmington-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/10\/22\/a-migrating-least-sandpiper-at-farmington-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrating Least Sandpiper at Farmington Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LeastLeast Sandpiper at Farmington Bay – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 320, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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I took these Least Sandpiper images last month on the same day that I photographed the more rare Pectoral Sandpiper<\/span><\/a> and just hadn’t processed these files.<\/p>\n

The only time I see Least Sandpipers here in Utah is when they are migrating through the Great Basin hub of the Pacific Flyway.<\/p>\n

Thee sandpipers stop on route to their wintering grounds to fuel up for the rest of their journey.<\/p>\n

\"StretchingA stretching Least Sandpiper – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 320, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Least Sandpipers are the smallest shorebird in the world. They are tiny but tough. This one was doing a very nice stretch on a pile of mud next to the marsh.<\/p>\n

I would have loved better light and I would have loved getting down on the ground to get a very low angle shot but getting out of the vehicle would have scared this little beauty away.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

The only time I see Least Sandpipers here in Utah is when they are migrating through the Great Basin hub of the Pacific Flyway. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152428,"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":[27,1022,697,1719,26],"tags":[4440,4691,1720,4094,530,4690,4689,3521,992,274,3964],"class_list":["post-30860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-least-sandpipers","category-utah","tag-calidris-minutilla","tag-great-basin-hub","tag-least-sandpiper","tag-marsh","tag-migration","tag-pacific-flyway","tag-peep","tag-sandpiper","tag-sandpipers","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-stretching"],"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