American Golden Plover Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: A nemesis!  Some years I don't see them at all.  Some springs I see quite a few of them! However, they've always been a rather nervous species for me, never allowing close approach, and rarely giving any opportunity to get photographs.  I've really only had a couple of occasions to get even halfway recognizable photos of American Golden Plovers...in October of 2014 when a few non-breeding plumage birds appeared, and in May of 2018, a spring when it seemed like every other wet field had American Golden Plovers. My favorite is of course of a breeding plumaged bird, taken in a flooded field during that 2018 spring. I love taking photos of shorebirds, but few can match the beauty of a summer plumage American Golden Plover.  Gloomy, miserable light, but I was glad to finally get ANY photo of a breeding plumaged bird. Taken on May 12th, 2018 in Lincoln County, South Dakota.

American Golden Plover 1 October 7th, 2014 Weisensee Slough, Minnehaha County, South Dakota	American Golden Plover 2 October 7th, 2014 Weisensee Slough, Minnehaha County, South Dakota	American Golden Plover 3 October 7th, 2014 Weisensee Slough, Minnehaha County, South Dakota	American Golden Plover 4 May 12th, 2018 Lincoln County, South Dakota
American Golden Plover 5 May 12th, 2018 Lincoln County, South Dakota	American Golden Plover 6 May 12th, 2018 Lincoln County, South Dakota	American Golden Plover 7 May 12th, 2018 Lincoln County, South Dakota	American Golden Plover 8 May 12th, 2018 Lincoln County, South Dakota
American Golden Plover 9 May 13th, 2017 Lincoln County, South Dakota

Click here for the species description page for the American Golden Plover.

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