Summer Morning Walk on the Beach
July 18, 2019 - This Black-bellied Plover apparently missed the memo about migrating to Alaska to breed.... Read more
Black-Bellied Plover
 | 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 15 posts including a photo of a Black-Bellied Plover
Bath Time for Shorebirds at Fort De Soto
June 12, 2019 - I was surprised to see plenty of Black-bellied Plovers still hanging around Florida.... Read more
Early May Shorebirds at Fort De Soto
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
Fort de Soto Photography in Early April
April 5, 2017 - Like this Black-bellied Plover who greeted me as I stepped onto the beach...... Read more
Say Goodbye to the Shorebirds
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
The Quest for a Black Belly Concludes?
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
Beach Bird Heuristics for Rich
May 10, 2014 - The Black-bellied Plover above is almost finished with his springtime molt.... Read more
Shorebirds Returning to Florida’s Beaches
September 10, 2013 - I saw five or six Black-bellied Plovers at the East Beach turnaround, all in various stages of molting.... Read more
Sunset at Fort De Soto’s North Beach
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
Pleasant Morning at Fort De Soto
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
Windy and Cold at Fort De Soto
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
A Quest for a Black Belly
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
Sunrise at Fort De Soto
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
Beautiful Morning at Fort De Soto
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
My First Trip to Fort De Soto
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