{"id":7934,"date":"2013-03-24T12:19:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T18:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=7934"},"modified":"2025-11-17T05:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:54:30","slug":"seen-and-heard-first-of-year-long-billed-curlew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/03\/24\/seen-and-heard-first-of-year-long-billed-curlew\/","title":{"rendered":"Seen and Heard – First Of Year Long-billed Curlew"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Long-billedLong-billed Curlew – taken in spring 2012 – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The light wasn’t cooperating much on Antelope Island this morning because of clouds that were in front of the sun.<\/p>\n

But… when I stopped at one of the parking lots that overlooked Bridger Bay I heard a call that made me jump in my seat and before I could say “Long-billed Curlew!!” I could see the bird flying towards the grasses that were a long distance from the parking area. I scoped the shorebird with my lens just to be sure and could see the beautiful colors and long bill of the curlew.<\/p>\n

The bird stayed too far away to get images of but that did not dampen my joy.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, I have had a smile on my face since then. I had seen and heard my first of year Long-billed Curlew!!<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

When we stopped at one of the parking lots that overlooked Bridger Bay I heard a call that made me jump in my seat and before I could say “Long-billed Curlew!!” I could see the bird flying towards the grasses. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163964,"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":[511,27,1022,199,26],"tags":[4021,4809,788,4132,4062,4133],"class_list":["post-7934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-long-billed-curlews","category-utah","tag-bird-photography","tag-curlews","tag-first-of-year","tag-long-billed-curlew","tag-male","tag-numenius-americanus"],"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