{"id":36616,"date":"2016-03-03T03:50:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T10:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=36616"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:59:50","slug":"the-long-billed-curlew-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/03\/03\/the-long-billed-curlew-scores\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long-billed Curlew Scores"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Long-billed Curlew scores – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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This pose made me think “The Long-billed Curlew Scores” but he was really just exhibiting a territorial response to another curlew that was nearby when I photographed him. This image was taken last April on Antelope Island State Park when the curlews were courting, displaying, and mating.<\/p>\n

Unlike the curlew I am not scoring. The road to the Greater Sage-Grouse lek is a muddy, snowy mess and it wouldn’t be prudent to try and go any higher than we did today because we might get stuck. Out in the middle of no where without a cell signal, that would not be good at all.<\/p>\n

There are Sandhill Cranes nearby though and maybe, if I pray really hard to the bird photography goddesses, I’ll get some photos of them and this trip won’t have been a waste.<\/p>\n

We will see.<\/p>\n

It is still gorgeous country down here in Wayne County so I will certainly enjoy it.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This pose made me think “The Long-billed Curlew Scores” but he was really just exhibiting a territorial response to another curlew that was nearby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164044,"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":[511,27,1022,199,26],"tags":[4809,779,4132,4062,4133,274],"class_list":["post-36616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-long-billed-curlews","category-utah","tag-curlews","tag-displaying","tag-long-billed-curlew","tag-male","tag-numenius-americanus","tag-shorebirds-2"],"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