Willet Images, Facts and Information:
Tringa semipalmata
- Willets are large gray to brown shorebirds with long gray legs with thick straight bills.
- Western Willets differ from Eastern Willets in ecology and their calls.
- Willets are the only North American sandpiper whose breeding range extends into the tropics.
- Western Willets prefer to breed in grasslands and prairies near freshwater while Eastern Willets prefer coastal saltmarshes, barrier beaches and islands.
- During the winter Western Willets migrate south and winter along coastal areas while Eastern Willets migrate further south.
- Willets lay 4 to 5 eggs which take 22 to 29 days to hatch. Both sexes incubate but only the male incubates at night.
- Willets can live up to 10 years
I hope you enjoy viewing my Willet photos.
Tiptoeing Willet
Title: Tiptoeing Willet
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2014
Willet on a Sagebrush
Title: Willet on a Sagebrush
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2014
Willet and Filaree
Title: Willet and Filaree
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/11/2014
Willet on Antelope Island in May
Title: Willet on Antelope Island in May
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2013
Willet – Run and lift off
Title: Willet – Run and lift off
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/21/2013
Willet – All fluffed up
Title: Willet – All fluffed up
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2013
Willet lifting off near White Rock Bay
Title: Willet lifting off near White Rock Bay
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2013
Springtime Willet on alert
Title: Springtime Willet on alert
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2013
Juvenile Willet on the shore of the Lower Lake
Title: Juvenile Willet on the shore of the Lower Lake
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/19/2012
Juvenile Willet and damselfly
Title: Juvenile Willet and damselfly
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/18/2012
Juvenile Willets on a lake shore
Title: Juvenile Willets on a lake shore
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/18/2012
Juvenile Willet stretching a wing
Title: Juvenile Willet stretching a wing
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/18/2012
Bathing adult Willet
Title: Bathing adult Willet
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/18/2012
Willet adult with a headturn
Title: Willet adult with a headturn
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/18/2012
Juvenile Willet wing lift
Title: Juvenile Willet wing lift
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/18/2012
Calling adult Willet at Red Rock Lakes
Title: Calling adult Willet at Red Rock Lakes
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/18/2012
Juvenile Willet in the shallows
Title: Juvenile Willet in the shallows
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/18/2012
Willet getting balanced
Title: Willet getting balanced
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/6/2012
Western Willet in breeding plumage
Title: Western Willet in breeding plumage
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/6/2012
Willet on a poopy perch
Title: Willet on a poopy perch
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2012