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\"MaleMale Long-billed Curlew in Cheatgrass – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheatgrass is invasive but I sure think it can be pretty especially with a lovely bird amongst it like this male Long-billed Curlew that I photographed on Antelope Island State Park recently.<\/p>\n

Cheatgrass is lacy and delicate looking, there can be a slight reddish\/pink casts to the stems and seed heads and it flutters in the slightest breeze.<\/p>\n

I had nice light, a cooperative Long-billed Curlew<\/span><\/a> and a beautiful setting.<\/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":"

Cheatgrass is invasive but I sure think it can be pretty especially with a lovely bird amongst it like this male Long-billed Curlew that I photographed on Antelope Island State Park recently. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[511,27,199,26],"tags":[4004,4021,4172,4808,4809,11978,4038,4132,4062,4133,992,274,165,30],"class_list":["post-5008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-long-billed-curlews","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-cheatgrass","tag-curlew","tag-curlews","tag-desert-island","tag-grasslands","tag-long-billed-curlew","tag-male","tag-numenius-americanus","tag-sandpipers","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-spring","tag-utah-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/long-billed-curlew-male-mia-mcpherson-3667.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1iM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8503,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/06\/01\/the-candlestick-birds-long-billed-curlews\/","url_meta":{"origin":5008,"position":0},"title":"Candlestick Birds – Long-billed Curlews","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been enjoying seeing Long-billed Curlews for several weeks now in northern Utah. 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