More Fun Birds from Outback Key!
June 25, 2021 - This Willet was doing a remarkably good impression of it.... Read more
Willet
 | I’m one of the most common shorebirds that you’ll find running along the waves on Florida’s beaches during the winter. I’m a drab little bird, but look for the pretty undersides of my wings when I fly. Most Likely Found: At the beach When: Year-Round Where I've photographed: Black Skimmer Colonies, Fort De Soto, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Read more: Willet at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird: Willet eBird range |
I have written 9 posts including a photo of a Willet
Beach Bird Heuristics for Rich
May 10, 2014 - Then they reconvened together on the beach, with this willet looking on as chaperone.... Like this pair of Willets, who had a long pre-mating ritual.... Read more
Springtime Bird Photography at Fort De Soto
April 15, 2014 - One of my favorite shots of the morning was of Florida's most common beach birds, the Willet.... Read more
Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary
July 26, 2011 - All the times I've visited Fort De Soto, I've wanted to get pictures of the Willets in flight.... I finally got my sharp flight shot of a Willet.... Read more
Tiny Stilts and Willets at Merritt Island NWR
June 12, 2011 - Black-Necked Stilts: Parent and chick I was also lucky to find a Willet with her young chick. I'd never seen a baby Willet before. These guys were just running along one of the mud flats on East Gator Creek. They ran so fast that I only had a few seconds…... Read more
Of Drunken Sailors and Crab Legs (Fort De Soto)
May 21, 2011 - Brown Pelican I went up on the dunes to search for the baby Wilson's Plovers. I didn't find them, but I did run into several Willets who were hanging out in the beachy grasses. I thought the soft grasses made a nice background for a portrait: Willet At the far…... Read more
Sunrise at Fort De Soto
April 23, 2011 - Reddish Egret with nesting material The Willets kept posing for me and I kept photographing them, loving the nice portraits that they made against the blue water.... 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…... Read more
Sunset at Fort De Soto
April 22, 2011 - Long-Billed Curlew As we walked along the shore we came across several Willets. I liked to photograph them, as they almost always hung around by themselves, making bird portraits quite easy. I chuckled to myself as other photographers passed me; I don't get over to Fort De Soto often enough…... Read more
My First Trip to Fort De Soto
September 4, 2010 - The first bird to meet me was this Willet, who was moving in and out of the surf in search of his breakfast.... Willet The one bird that I did recognize this morning was the Laughing Gull, who also visits Circle B in the wintertime. I've never seen a male…... Read more