{"id":5090,"date":"2012-05-31T03:55:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T09:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5090"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:06:13","slug":"black-bellied-plover-up-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/05\/31\/black-bellied-plover-up-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-bellied Plover – Up Close"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult Black-bellied Plover close up – Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/800, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 310mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the shorebird species I am able to see in Utah during migration that I photographed often while I lived in Florida are the lovely Black-bellied Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Black-bellied Plovers at the largest of the North American plovers and according to my iBird Pro app<\/a> they are also the only American plover that as a hind toe on its foot, that hind toe is often too small to be seen on the field. I looked through my images\u00a0and found one that shows the hind toe on both feet here.\u00a0Thanks to the iBird Pro\u00a0app I learned something new today!<\/p>\n

I was able to get much closer to Black-bellied Plovers in Florida than I have been able to yet\u00a0in Utah but hopefully I will get more opportunities to get “down & dirty” with them here.<\/p>\n

The Black-bellied Plover (almost in breeding plumage) in the image above approached me rather closely while I laid on the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, I’ve often wondered if it saw its reflection in the glass of my lens and wanted to check it out.<\/p>\n

That’s a mystery I will never solve.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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