{"id":227,"date":"2013-11-14T04:08:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T04:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/?p=227"},"modified":"2013-11-19T03:24:12","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T03:24:12","slug":"western-willet-tringa-semipalmata-inornata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2013\/11\/14\/western-willet-tringa-semipalmata-inornata\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Willets are the best birds for a good photo. Really. They pose so well one birder might even think that they are actually watching the people taking photos of them. Lucky for us we came across a Willet\u00a0<em>twice<\/em>. That to the Willet posed for the camera. We got some awesome shots that would even put me in awe. They would be prime till the arrival of the new\u00a0<strong>Great Blue Heron.\u00a0<\/strong>A silent, soft bird, this bird is amazing. You can watch it when it poses on one leg sometimes (a neat Sandpiper trick.)<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, you <em><strong>must<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>lie down in the mudflats to get a good photo, which are probably covered in guano (actually, birds were sitting on a plant-covered island of Guano!), and scattered with half-eaten shells. (They probably have smelly meat inside.)<\/p>\n<p>This, by far, is the latest post I have, but for now, watch out for the Northern Jacana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Eastern Willet<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_210\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Western-Willet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210\" class=\"size-large wp-image-210\" alt=\"An Example of the Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata). \" src=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Western-Willet-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Western-Willet-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Western-Willet-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Western-Willet-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Example of the Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willets are the best birds for a good photo. Really. They pose so well one birder might even think that they are actually watching the people taking photos of them. Lucky for us we came across a Willet\u00a0twice. That to the Willet posed for the camera. We got some awesome shots that would even put [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13,26,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-of-north-america","category-family-charadriidae","category-genus-tringa-catoptrophorus","category-sandpipers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata)  - Old Bones Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2013\/11\/14\/western-willet-tringa-semipalmata-inornata\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Western Willet (Tringa semipalmata inornata)  - Old Bones Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Willets are the best birds for a good photo. 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