Five-Plover Morning at Fort De Soto
June 6, 2023 - The Semipalmated Plover winters in Florida.... Read more
Semipalmated Plover
 | I’m a tiny shorebird of Florida’s beaches. Find me during the wintertime as I scurry along the waves. Here I’m pictured in my pretty breeding plumage. Most Likely Found: At the beach When: Winter Where I've photographed: Fort De Soto Read more: Semipalmated Plover at Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
I have written 9 posts including a photo of a Semipalmated Plover
Say Goodbye to the Shorebirds
May 18, 2015 - A few Semipalmated Plovers were showing off their fresh black stripes.... Read more
Lifer Snowy Plover at Fort De Soto!
August 31, 2014 - I'm still working on some of their sandpiper cousins!!) The above is a Semipalmated Plover, who has also lost the dark lines of his breeding plumage.... Read more
Shorebirds Leaving Florida for the Summer
May 31, 2014 - The Semipalmated Plovers really start to look good in the spring.... Read more
Pleasant Morning at Fort De Soto
May 1, 2013 - :( I found a couple of lone Semipalmated Plovers in bright breeding colors feeding in the sand.... Read more
Escape to Fort De Soto
April 23, 2012 - Our first stop at Fort De Soto was the East Beach, which I love in the golden afternoon light. The little shorebirds are so tame. They don't mind too much when they are followed by The Beast! I was hoping to find some shorebirds in pretty breeding plumage, and they…... Read more
"Sunrise" Skyway and Fort De Soto Birds
October 2, 2011 - We went looking for the White Morph Reddish Egret, but all we found were Snowy Egrets (tiny dancers!) A couple of Wilson's Plovers posed for us by the lagoon, and then we found some Yellow-Crowned Night Herons by the marsh. I was surprised that the roped-off areas for the Wilson's…... Read more
Early Fall Migrants at Fort De Soto
July 24, 2011 - Forster's Tern Rich will be happy to hear that I saw several roped-off Sea Turtle nests. The Wilson's Plover nest areas are still roped off, too. As I approached those, I came across about half a dozen Semipalmated Plovers running around in the sand. They were pretty far up in…... Read more
Beautiful Morning at Fort De Soto
November 23, 2010 - Dunlin There were lots of Semipalmated Plovers running around.... Semipalmated Plover Wilson's Plover This poor little Ruddy Turnstone huddled against a wall of seaweed while the rest of the birds ran along the shoreline.... Black-Bellied Plover https://vimeo.com/341093593 Bird List: American Goldfinch, Black and White Warbler, Black-Bellied Plover, Black-Crowned Night Heron…... Read more