Wilson’s Plover—WIPL
A relatively rare visitor to New Jersey—just 27 sightings on record—and even rarer to Monmouth County—this bird at Sea Bright in May 2019 was just the second reported in the county, the first having visited Sandy Hook in 2005. There was significant mist rolling in from the ocean while I viewed this bird, distinguished from the similar-looking Semipalmated Plover mainly by its larger, straight, all-black bill. The bird also seems slightly larger and a tad more stocky.
This is a stub page; I’ll be adding more photographs with the stories of my encounters as soon as I can.
Wilson’s Plover—WIPL
A relatively rare visitor to New Jersey—just 27 sightings on record—and even rarer to Monmouth County—this bird at Sea Bright in May 2019 was just the second reported in the county, the first having visited Sandy Hook in 2005. There was significant mist rolling in from the ocean while I viewed this bird, distinguished from the similar-looking Semipalmated Plover mainly by its larger, straight, all-black bill. The bird also seems slightly larger and a tad more stocky.
This is a stub page; I’ll be adding more photographs with the stories of my encounters as soon as I can.
Lightbox Gallery of Wilson’s Plover photographs.
My heart sank when it raised its wings; I feared I'd flushed it.
But I shouldn't have worried, the bird actally walked towards me.
The bird put on a show. I ended up with a large number of good photos.
The bird followed me down the beach as though to wish me farewell.
Pentax K-1 with 450 mm lens augmented by the 1.4x teleconverter, f/8 and f/11 at 1/1600th second, iso ranged from 500 to 1600. Post-processed using Adobe Lightroom.
This page last updated Mar 12, 2021.