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marbled godwit

  1. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    The name "Godwit" is derived from the Old English "god wicht" which translates to "good eating." Marbled Godwits look similar year round, but the lack of dark bars on its underparts indicate non-breeding plumage. The deeply notched (not barred) tertial suggests a juvenile. Marbled is the largest...
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    • Category: North America
  2. Marbled Godwits and Willet

    Marbled Godwits and Willet

    If only all birds were this easy to photograph. I suppose it would be less fun.
    • MelospizaMelodiaFan
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    • limosa fedoa marbled godwit tringa semipalmata willet
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  3. Marbled Godwits

    Marbled Godwits

    These are very charismatic shorebirds. I am lucky to photograph them. Can you guess which species is behind this trio?
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    • Category: North America
  4. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa fedoa)
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    • Category: North America
  5. Marbled Godwits and Guest

    Marbled Godwits and Guest

    The white wing bars of the willet give it away. I like that the shorebirds of two feathers flock together.
    • MelospizaMelodiaFan
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    • Category: North America
  6. Marbled Godwits

    Marbled Godwits

    I was so happy to see this group. I guess they have already started their migration. It would be nice to see beachgoers give them some space, as opposed to approaching them like a flock of urban pigeons.
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    • Category: North America
  7. Marbled godwits

    Marbled godwits

    As these birds criss-crossed the beach, I saw that this shot was happening. I barely got my camera ready in time.
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    • Category: North America
  8. Marbled godwit

    Marbled godwit

    My, what a handsome shorebird with its long, slightly upturned bill. Sad to hear these birds are declining.
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    • Category: North America
  9. Longbills and longer bills

    Longbills and longer bills

    Just a sampling from among the larger waders waiting out the tide along the west shore of the Millbrae wetlands. Long-billed Dowitchers, Willets, and Marbled Godwits.
    • Doc Duck
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    • limnodromus scolopaceus limosa fedoa long-billed dowitcher marbled godwit tringa semipalmata willet
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: North America
  10. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwits are common migrants and winter visitors to our shores from breeding grounds in the interior of Canada and the northern prairies of the US. They look very similar year round, but the lack of dark bars on the underparts of this individual indicate it is in winter plumage. There are...
    • jmorlan
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    • california limosa fedoa marbled godwit usa
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    • Category: North America
  11. marbled godwit

    marbled godwit

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  12. Marbled Godwit.jpg

    Marbled Godwit.jpg

    Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa fedoa)
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    • Category: North America
  13. marbled godwit

    marbled godwit

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  14. More waders

    More waders

    A nice mix: Willet, Marbled godwit, Black-necked stilt ... sharing the shallows peacefully.
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  15. Napping

    Napping

    Marbled godwit taking a wary nap right up against the fence along the path by one of the wetland lakes at Crissy Field. Crissy Field, btw, was San Francisco's first airport, back in the early days of aviation. The wetlands were drained and the dunes leveled to make an air strip. Now some of the...
    • Doc Duck
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    • Category: North America
  16. You put your left leg out.......

    You put your left leg out.......

    This Marbled Godwit was taking a very nice nap when I unfortunately interrupted it. Of course, after a nap, you always need a good stretch.
    • Thomas P Brown
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  17. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Like the Long-billed Curlew, these waders have extreeeeeemly long bills. I saw some again yesterday - a flock of them foraging the mudflats under the incoming tide at Bodega Bay. They were pulling up some sort of worms. I guess that's what those looong bills are designed for - drilling down to...
    • Doc Duck
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    • Category: North America
  18. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    This was a new bird for me the year before in the same spot. Bunch Beach, Lee County, Florida.
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    • Category: North America
  19. Marbled Godwit Takeoff

    Marbled Godwit Takeoff

    Early morning at the lagoon, Tigertail Beach, Marco Island Florida. Fantastic light and a host of confiding waders. This Marbled Godwit got spooked by a Great White Egret landing close by and went into takeoff mode a few yards from me.
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    • Category: North America
  20. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    This nonbreeding bird was a first time sighting and capture, and on the day of the 5 plovers.
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    • Category: North America
  21. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa subsp. fedoa) Sexes similar. Photographed near Jamaica Beach, Galveston Island, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, manicured coastal prairie at ca. 2 m (6.6 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • galveston county galveston island jamaica beach limosa fedoa marbled godwit texas usa
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    • Category: North America
  22. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

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  23. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa subsp. fedoa) Sexes similar. Photographed in Jamaica Beach, Galveston Island, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, manicured coastal prairie at ca. 3 m (10.7 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • galveston county galveston island jamaica beach limosa fedoa marbled godwit texas usa
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    • Category: North America
  24. Melpomene and Thalia

    Melpomene and Thalia

    The muses of tragedy and comedy. And I admit, I had to look up their names. These are just a small sample of the many beak forms in the mixed crowd of waders. That always fascinates me with waders - how they mix and get along, probably because they are so specialized and therefore not competing...
    • Doc Duck
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    • Category: North America
  25. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) stretching its wings along the Washington Coast (USA) during spring migration.
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    • Category: Kowa Competition (Closed)
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