Western Willet – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Adult Western Willet Close Up

By Mia McPherson|March 20th, 2020|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Willets|Tags: adult, close up, Covid-19 pandemic, portrait, shorebird, shorebirds, social distancing, spring, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Western Willet, Willet, willets|

When the Willets first arrive I often hear them before I see them, they can be quite the chatterboxes early in the spring. Later in the season they aren't quite as vocal.

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Photographing A Calling Willet On A Rocky Hillside

By Mia McPherson|April 21st, 2019|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Willets|Tags: adult, biting gnats, calling, no-see-ums, photograph, photographing, rock, sandpipers, shorebirds, spring, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Western Willet, Willet, willets|

It was a pleasure for me to see and photograph a Willet two days ago on Antelope Island State Park and this Willet even started calling which made it even more of a pleasure for me.

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I Swear I heard A Willet Calling Two Days Ago

By Mia McPherson|April 3rd, 2019|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah, Willets|Tags: adult, alert, call, grasses, grasslands, mobile blind, shorebirds, spring, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Western Willet, white rock, Willet, willets|

While looking for Sage Thrashers to photograph on Antelope Island two days ago I swear I heard a Willet call. It was just one distant call but my ears perked up right away.

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No Willet Split Plus Other Nerdy Bird News

By Mia McPherson|July 2nd, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Northern Harriers, Northern Shrikes, Pinellas County, Utah, Willets|Tags: American Ornithological Society, AOS, birds of prey, Circus hudsonius, DNA, Eastern Willet, hawks, Hen Harrier, Lanius borealis, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, raptors, shorebirds, splits, subspecies, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Tringa semipalmata semipalmata, Western Willet, Willet, willets|

Just because Willets weren't split this year doesn't mean they won't be split in the future, who knows what changes will be made a year from now.

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Possible Eastern and Western Willet Split in 2017

By Mia McPherson|January 21st, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Utah, Willets|Tags: ABA, adult, American Birding Association, American Ornithological Society, AOS, DNA, Eastern Willet, flight, flying, inornata, semipalmata, shorebirds, species, split, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Tringa semipalmata semipalmata, Western Willet, Willet|

The question regarding this proposal is... Willet happen?

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Willet on Antelope Island State Park

By Mia McPherson|May 23rd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Shorebirds, Utah, Willets|Tags: adult, sandpipers, shorebirds, simple, spring, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Western Willet, Willet, willets|

Just a simple Willet image today that I took on Antelope Island State Park earlier this month.

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Eastern and Western Willets in breeding plumage

By Mia McPherson|October 7th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Utah, Willets|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, comparison, differences, Eastern Willet, mangroves, rabbitbrush, sandpipers, shorebirds, subspecies, Tringa semipalmata, Tringa semipalmata inornata, Tringa semipalmata semipalmata, Western Willet, White Mangrove, Willet|

I've had the good fortune to photograph both the eastern and western Willets in breeding plumage, the eastern in Florida and the western in Utah and Montana.

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