{"id":57634,"date":"2019-05-05T05:01:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T11:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=57634"},"modified":"2025-09-06T14:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T19:23:58","slug":"adult-spotted-sandpiper-on-the-weber-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/05\/05\/adult-spotted-sandpiper-on-the-weber-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Spotted Sandpiper On The Weber River"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SpottedSpotted Sandpiper on the Weber River – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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Two days ago while near the Weber River up in Summit County I heard a familiar sound and I knew from that sound that a Spotted Sandpiper was nearby.<\/p>\n

I heard the song over the sounds of rushing water and loud vehicles moving on the I-84 interstate.<\/p>\n

It isn’t that the songs of of Spotted Sandpipers are that loud it is because I have trained<\/em> my ears to listen for bird songs and calls.<\/p>\n

Spotted Sandpiper song<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I looked around and spotted the Spotted Sandpiper bobbing its bottom up and down while perched on a log in the rushing river swollen from spring run off.<\/p>\n

The Spotted Sandpiper was farther away than I would have liked but any time I get to photograph these sandpipers is a good time for me.<\/p>\n

I used to see them in Florida when I lived there but they weren’t in breeding plumage like this one is.<\/p>\n

Even though the Spotted Sandpiper is small in the frame in my photo I like this image because it shows the habitat along with the bird.<\/p>\n

Hopefully sometime this year I will be able to obtain closer images of this species that always makes me smile because of their bouncing butts and their flute-like song.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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