Ghosts of the Prairie

My Rare Mountain Plover Sighting Happened Almost Seven Years Ago

By Mia McPherson|April 7th, 2020|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Bird ID, Birds, Davis County, Mountain Plovers, Rarities, Utah|Tags: adult, Anarhynchus montanus, breeding plumage, female, Ghosts of the Prairie, grasses, male, Mountain Plover, plover, plovers, rare, rarities, rarity, resting, shorebirds, sighting, spring, spring migration|

My rare Mountain Plover sighting happened almost seven years ago on Antelope Island State Park when I spotted, identified and photographed of the plovers during spring migration.

Ghosts of the Prairie – Mountain Plovers

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Mountain Plovers, Rarities, Utah|Tags: adult, Anarhynchus montanus, breeding plumage, female, Ghosts of the Prairie, male, Mountain Plover, mountain plovers, plover, plovers, Prairie Ghost, rare, rarity, shorebirds, spring|

On April 10th I spotted two Mountain Plovers on Antelope Island State Park after reporting it to the UBIRD birding list many birders and bird photographers sped to the island to see these birds which are a rarity in this area.