 | Despite my name, you may see me without a black belly. I hang out on Florida’s beaches during the winter, when my feathers are drab and brown-spotted. In the spring I get my pretty black face and belly. Most Likely Found: At the beach When: Winter Where I've photographed: Black Skimmer Colonies, Fort De Soto Read more: Black-Bellied Plover at Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
I have written 20 posts including a photo of a Black-Bellied Plover
June 6, 2023 - In the spring, the Wilson's Plovers and Snowy Plovers are getting busy building their nests, and the Piping, Semipalmated, and Black-bellied Plovers are getting ready to migrate north.... Only in the spring in Florida do you understand why this bird is called a Black-bellied Plover.... Read more
May 8, 2022 - It was a five-plover morning: Piping Plover, Snowy Plover, Semi-palmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, and Wilson's Plover.... Early May is the best time to catch a Black-bellied Plover with an actual black belly.... Read more
June 25, 2021 - I saw Black-bellied Plovers, Semi-Palmated Plovers, Wilson's Plovers, Snowy Plovers, and this lone Piping Plover.... The Black-bellied Plovers were staging for their migration.... Read more
June 13, 2021 - This last image is a Black-bellied Plover who made me laugh.... Read more
May 19, 2021 - My last plover of the morning was the bigger Black-bellied Plover.... Read more
July 18, 2019 - This Black-bellied Plover apparently missed the memo about migrating to Alaska to breed.... Read more
June 12, 2019 - I was surprised to see plenty of Black-bellied Plovers still hanging around Florida.... Read more
May 28, 2019 - It's the best time of the year to find Red Knots in breeding plumage, Black-bellied Plovers with actual black bellies, and enjoy the courtship activities of the birds planning to stick around for the summer.... Photographing Black-bellied Plovers in their breeding plumage has been an ongoing challenge for me.... Read more
April 5, 2017 - Like this Black-bellied Plover who greeted me as I stepped onto the beach...... Read more
May 18, 2015 - A Black-bellied Plover walked along the surf and showed off his black belly.... Last year I wrote about my attempts to find a Black-bellied Plover in full breeding plumage.... Read more
May 26, 2014 - For several years I've made trips to Fort De Soto in the spring, hoping to find a fully molted Black-bellied Plover.... This little Black-bellied Plover ran along the waves, digging in the sand for his breakfast.... As I didn't want to disturb the Least Terns, I silently begged the Black-bellied…... Read more
May 10, 2014 - The Black-bellied Plover above is almost finished with his springtime molt.... Read more
September 10, 2013 - I saw five or six Black-bellied Plovers at the East Beach turnaround, all in various stages of molting.... Read more
September 8, 2013 - I turned around and saw this Black-bellied Plover, just back from his nesting grounds in Alaska.... I've been on a quest for a Black-bellied Plover in full breeding plumage, and I've tried for several springs to find one with a perfect black belly before they migrate to Alaska.... Read more
May 1, 2013 - For the past few years I've been on a quest to find and photograph a Black-Bellied Plover in full breeding colors.... On this visit, the Black-Bellied Plovers had started their molt, but none were very black yet.... Read more
April 7, 2013 - When I first arrived, I saw several photographers, and one bird: a Black-Bellied Plover.... I hope to get back over to Fort De Soto several times before then, to photograph migrant warblers and maybe get a fully-molted Black-Bellied Plover before he heads to Alaska.... Read more
May 18, 2012 - I was on a quest this spring to photograph a Black-Bellied Plover in full breeding plumage. As I visited Fort De Soto periodically throughout their molting time, I was able to catch them at various stages of color. I got close to catching a fully molted bird, but not quite…maybe…... Read more
April 23, 2011 - Willet I know the Black-Bellied Plovers are pretty common at Fort De Soto, but this was the closest I've been to photographing one in breeding colors. I'd love to go back in a few weeks and see the all-black tummy.... Black-Bellied Plover I enjoyed watching the little Ruddy Turnstones as…... Read more
November 23, 2010 - Least Sandpiper The Black-Bellied Plovers' winter plumage is so different than their summer colors that I saw in September.... Black-Bellied Plover https://vimeo.com/341093593 Bird List: American Goldfinch, Black and White Warbler, Black-Bellied Plover, Black-Crowned Night Heron (juvenile), Black Skimmer, Brown Pelican, Dunlin, Eastern Phoebe, Herring Gull, House Wren, Laughing Gull, Least…... Read more
September 4, 2010 - Black Skimmer Royal Tern Royal Tern with fish Black Skimmer Laughing Gull Royal Tern with fish I was starting to lose track of all the bird I'd seen, but I was pretty sure that I hadn't taken this guy's picture yet. I got home and identified him as a Black-Bellied…... Read more