Marbled Godwit – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Photographing Shorebirds at Eye Level

By Mia McPherson|April 6th, 2018|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Black-bellied Plovers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Greater Yellowlegs, Long-billed Curlews, Marbled Godwits, Pinellas County, Piping Plovers, Ruddy Turnstones|Tags: American Oystercatcher, Arenaria interpres, Black-bellied Plover, Charadrius melodus, curlews, godwits, Greater Yellowlegs, Haematopus palliatus, Limosa fedoa, Long-billed Curlew, Low angle, Marbled Godwit, Numenius americanus, oystercatchers, perspective, photograph, photographing, Piping Plover, plovers, Pluvialis squatarola, Ruddy Turnstone, sand crawling, sandpipers, shorebird, shorebirds, technique, Tringa melanoleuca, turnstones, yellowlegs|

Taking photographs of shorebirds at eye level was very fulfilling for me and the images that resulted from my down & dirty technique have always made me feel an intimate connection to the birds.

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Marbled Godwit and Friends on Exposed Mudflats

By Mia McPherson|February 28th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, coast, coastal, foraging, Godwit, godwits, lagoon, Limosa fedoa, low tide, Marbled Godwit, mudflats, shorebirds|

In 2009 I photographed this foraging Marbled Godwit and friends on exposed mudflats of a Fort De Soto County Park lagoon.

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Marbled Godwits are Migrating

By Mia McPherson|August 8th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, coast, coastal, feeding, foraging, Godwit, godwits, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, migrating, shorebirds, tidal lagoon|

The past few times I have gone to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge I have seen Marbled Godwits flying over and I know that their migration to their wintering grounds has begun.

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Marbled Godwit Surprise on Antelope Island

By Mia McPherson|April 24th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits, Utah|Tags: adult, coast, coastal, desert island, feeding, foraging, freshwater, Godwit, godwits, grasslands, island, lagoon, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, shorebird, shorebirds, tidal lagoon, water|

I was surprised to see this Marbled Godwit on the island but over the years I have learned to expect the unexpected whenever I am out photographing birds!

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Marbled Godwit feeding on the shore of the Gulf

By Mia McPherson|April 15th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: bird photography, birds, Coquina, feeding, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, Pinellas County, Sand Crab, sandpiper, shorebird, shorebirds|

Marbled Godwits are migrating through Utah on their way to their breeding grounds right now so I thought I'd feature this one on my post today.

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Marbled Godwit and the Gulf of Mexico

By Mia McPherson|November 7th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, coast, coastal, Coquina, foraging, Godwit, godwits, Gulf of Mexico, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, mollusk, prey, shore, shorebird, water, waves|

I have always thought of Marbled Godwits as graceful, elegant shorebirds and I still do.

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Six years ago today – Pelicans, Godwits and Dowitchers

By Mia McPherson|June 25th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Brown Pelicans, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits, Pinellas County, Short-billed Dowitchers|Tags: Brown Pelican, feeding, foraging, Gulf of Mexico, Limnodromus griseus, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, Pelecanus occidentalis, preening, Short-billed Dowitcher|

Six years ago today I was sand crawling on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico at Fort De Soto's north beach photographing pelicans, godwits and dowitchers plus other birds.

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Resting Marbled Godwit

By Mia McPherson|May 18th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: adult, coast, coastal, Godwit, godwits, Gulf of Mexico, Limosa fedoa, lsgoon, Marbled Godwit, Pinellas County, resting, shorebird, spring, tidal lagoon, water|

Photographing birds; wherever I am, allows me to feel a deep and sometimes profound connection to nature. I wouldn't have it any other way.

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Marbled Godwit Blur

By Mia McPherson|January 8th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: adult, bird photography, blur, coast, coastal, flight, flying, Godwit, godwits, Gulf of Mexico, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, slow shutter speed, water, waves|

This morning I wanted to share another "happy accident" of this Marbled Godwit blur in flight taken along the Gulf of Mexico in coastal Florida.

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Missing Fort De Soto

By Mia McPherson|August 7th, 2013|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Brown Pelicans, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Greater Yellowlegs, Marbled Godwits, Pinellas County, Ring-billed Gulls, Roseate Spoonbills, Semipalmated Plovers, Short-billed Dowitchers|Tags: American Oystercatcher, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Black Skimmer, Brown Pelican, Charadrius semipalmatus, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Greater Yellowlegs, Haematopus palliatus, Larus delawarensis, Limnodromus griseus, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, Pelecanus occidentalis, Ring-billed Gull, Rynchops niger, Semipalmated Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher, Tringa melanolueca|

Some days I find myself missing Fort De Soto so much it hurts, the birds I found there and the entire experience of just being there. It is just such an amazing place, how could I not miss it?

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Marbled Godwit on Fort De Soto’s north beach

By Mia McPherson|March 8th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits, Shorebirds|Tags: bird photography, birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, nature, nature photography, north beach, Pinellas County, Tubeworm, wildlife, wildlife photography|

Several years ago while I was photographing at Fort De Soto's beautiful north beach I saw a Marbled Godwit flying in with a dark Tubeworm in its bill and took a few images of it from a distance.

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Marbled Godwit in a tidal lagoon

By Mia McPherson|September 27th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Marbled Godwits|Tags: adult, coast, coastal, Godwit, godwits, lagoon, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, Pinellas County, shorebirds, walking, wildlife|

Just a single image of a Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) that strolled past me while I sat in the water photographing it. Every time I look at this image I feel a wonderful sense of peace, the same feeling I had when I took this photo.

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Marbled Godwit with its shadow

By Mia McPherson|July 22nd, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Marbled Godwits|Tags: adult, catch light, coast, coastal, feeding, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Godwit, godwits, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, mudflats, shadow, shorebird, water|

This Marbled Godwit had been feeding on the mudflats of a tidal lagoon at Fort De Soto's north beach.

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Foraging Marbled Godwit

By Mia McPherson|June 15th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: adult, beaches, coast, coatal, feeding, Florida, foraging, Godwit, godwits, lagoon, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, peaceful, shorebirds, water|

I love how peaceful this image is with the Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) paying absolutely no attention to me as I sat very still in the warm waters of a tidal lagoon photographing it.

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Shorebirds of Fort De Soto – Marbled Godwits

By Mia McPherson|November 10th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: adult, bills, blur, coast, coastal, crustaceans, feeding, flight, flying, foraging, funny pose, Godwit, godwits, graceful, grasshoppers, Great Plains, Gulf of Mexico, insects, lagoon, landing, Limosa fedoa, low tide, Marbled Godwit, mixed flocks, mollusks, mudflats, one leg, plant tubers, preening, probe, resting, shorebirds, tundra, water|

Marbled Godwits are graceful birds while on the ground, feeding and in flight.

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