{"id":5277,"date":"2012-07-03T04:32:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T10:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5277"},"modified":"2025-11-16T19:01:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T01:01:45","slug":"calling-male-long-billed-curlew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/07\/03\/calling-male-long-billed-curlew\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling male Long-billed Curlew"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t heard a Long-billed Curlew calling for several weeks here in northern Utah and I already miss hearing their calls. I photographed this calling male the second week of May out on a grassy flat on Antelope Island State Park.<\/p>\n

\"MaleLong-billed Curlew male calling – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 500, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Long-billed Curlews are generally silent away from the breeding grounds, I never heard one make a sound when I would see them in Florida during the nonbreeding season.<\/p>\n

Long-billed Curlews are also known as “sicklebirds” and “candlestick birds”. Candlestick Point in San Francisco was named after them.<\/p>\n

Last year at about this time I was still seeing Long-billed Curlews and their young on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a> but it had been a long, cold and wet spring so breeding may have been delayed.<\/p>\n

This year they either nested on time or perhaps a bit earlier which may be why I am not seeing their young right now.<\/p>\n

Still, seeing them anytime of the year is a joy for me.<\/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":"

I haven’t heard a Long-billed Curlew calling for several weeks here in northern Utah and I already miss hearing their calls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163950,"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":[511,27,199,26],"tags":[5831,4072,1665,4808,4809,11978,4109,4132,4062,4133,992,274,1664],"class_list":["post-5277","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-breeding-grounds","tag-calling","tag-candlestick-bird","tag-curlew","tag-curlews","tag-desert-island","tag-grasses","tag-long-billed-curlew","tag-male","tag-numenius-americanus","tag-sandpipers","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-sicklebird"],"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