{"id":8081,"date":"2013-04-11T13:55:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T19:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8081"},"modified":"2025-02-07T08:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:03:26","slug":"more-mountain-plover-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/04\/11\/more-mountain-plover-images\/","title":{"rendered":"More Mountain Plover Images"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted to share a few more images of the Mountain Plovers rarities that I took which are a lifer bird for me as well as being rare in Utah.<\/p>\n

\"FemaleFemale Mountain Plover in a field<\/span><\/p>\n

The plovers gave me great views and the light was nice so I was able to take hundreds of photos. Other local birders and bird photographers were able to take joy in seeing these lovely shorebirds and that made me happy. A few of them even emailed to thank me for finding and identifying these rare birds.<\/p>\n

This is a female in breeding plumage, it was lighter in color than the other bird.<\/p>\n

\"MountainMountain Plover in habitat on Antelope Island<\/p>\n

This image is of an adult male Mountain Plover and he certainly was stunning. The tiny purple flowers in these images are filaree, <\/em>a type of wild geranium. They are very tiny.<\/p>\n

\"MountainMountain Plover male standing on a sandy road<\/span><\/p>\n

These Mountain Plovers were wonderful to watch as they walked around searching for prey. They have a walk, walk, walk, stop kind of movement.<\/p>\n

\"MountainMountain Plover with prey<\/span><\/p>\n

The plovers caught prey quite often, they seem to be very good hunters.<\/p>\n

Even if I never see another Mountain Plover I was amazed and delighted to find, and point out these shorebirds and that feeling will be with me for a very long time.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I wanted to share a few more of the Mountain Plover images I took which are a lifer bird for me as well as being rare in Utah. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139451,"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":[511,27,1022,2188,7646,26],"tags":[2190,4021,11978,4856,2189,4952,5841,275,1902,7647,2191,274,165],"class_list":["post-8081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-mountain-plovers","category-rarities","category-utah","tag-anarhynchus-montanus","tag-bird-photography","tag-desert-island","tag-images","tag-mountain-plover","tag-mountain-plovers","tag-plover","tag-plovers","tag-rare","tag-rarities","tag-rarity","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-spring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mountain-plover-mia-mcpherson-5959.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-26l","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8072,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/04\/10\/mountain-plovers-a-dream-come-true\/","url_meta":{"origin":8081,"position":0},"title":"Mountain Plovers – A Dream Come True","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"What I saw through my lens was a Mountain Plover, a bird I have long dreamed of seeing. 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