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Differences in Photographing Greater Yellowlegs in Florida and Utah

By Mia McPherson|October 29th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Greater Yellowlegs, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: adult, coast, coastal, Greater Yellowlegs, handheld, lagoon, Low angle, marsh, mobile blind, photograph, photographing, restful, shallow water, shore, shorebird, shorebirds, shoreline, spit, Tringa melanoleuca, walking, wetlands, yellowlegs|

There are big differences in the ways I photograph Greater Yellowlegs here in Utah than there were when I photographed them in Florida.

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Listening for Long-billed Curlews

By Mia McPherson|March 2nd, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Long-billed Curlews, Pinellas County, Utah|Tags: adult, beach, curlew, curlews, female, grasses, grasslands, handheld, lagoon, Long-billed Curlew, male, marshes, mixed grass prairies, Numenius americanus, playas, prairies, preening, sand, shorebird, shorebirds, spring, wrack line|

The first of March always makes me think of and listen for Long-billed Curlews, our largest shorebird of North America.

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