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\"WilletWillet resting in a spartina marsh – Nikon D200, handheld, f9, 1\/320, ISO 200, Nikon 70-300mm VR at 300mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The image above was taken at Fort De Soto County Park<\/span><\/a> on Florida’s Gulf of Mexico coast.<\/p>\n

The Willets there are habituated to people and because they are it is easier to approach them than it is here in Utah.<\/p>\n

My Nikkor 80-400mm VR was being repaired when I photographed this Willet and I was using my 70-300mm VR. I approached the bird from the water, inching forward on my knees, so that I wouldn’t alarm the bird.<\/p>\n

I’ve seen a few Willets\u00a0this week\u00a0and I am glad they are back from their wintering grounds, I’ve missed them.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

The image above was taken at Fort De Soto on Florida’s Gulf coast. The Willets there are habituated to people and because they are it is easier to approach them than it is here in Utah. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163470,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,704,2000,308],"tags":[4004,173,4077,4094,4156,992,274,4139,165,4140,4168,3996,4047,4748],"class_list":["post-4721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","category-willets","tag-adult","tag-gulf-coast","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-marsh","tag-resting","tag-sandpipers","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-spartina","tag-spring","tag-tidal-lagoon","tag-tringa-semipalmata","tag-water","tag-willet","tag-willets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/willet-florida-mia-mcpherson-0062.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1e9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4903,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/05\/03\/willets-in-utah-and-florida\/","url_meta":{"origin":4721,"position":0},"title":"Willets – In Utah and Florida","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Willets have returned to Utah, on the causeway to Antelope Island hundreds of them can be seen in the shallow water. 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