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marbled godwit

  1. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    This is a rarity in Nova Scotia, only being seen in the single digits each year. It was a lifer for me.
  2. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    A regular rarity that spent about 2 weeks feeding in the mud of Wolfville Harbor, NS, Canada in Sept.
  3. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

  4. Marbled Godwit in flight over a heavy surf

    Marbled Godwit in flight over a heavy surf

  5. Marbled Godwit foraging

    Marbled Godwit foraging

    One of several Marbled Godwits foraging along the high-water mark of an ocean beach with a big surf running, right on the border with Mexico
  6. Straight and curve

    Straight and curve

  7. Don't Let the Water Get You!

    Don't Let the Water Get You!

    These Marbled Godwits were feeding along the shore going in and out with the waves in unison. Fun to watch!
  8. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

  9. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Taken north of Lancaster.
  10. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    digiscoped at Honeymoon Island in March
  11. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Not sure how this one will post - I had to re-size it dramatically...
  12. Marbled godwit

    Marbled godwit

    Today's bird from my San Francisco Bay Trail stroll last Friday: the Marbled godwit. Lovely shades of reddish and golden brown. Odd that the red on the beak wasn't mentioned in my Peterson's guide. The godwits were the most numerous of the flock and occupied the middle ground, willets on average...
  13. sounding the alarm

    sounding the alarm

    The godwits seemed to serve as the alert system in this mixed flock. They were the first to get restless when I took a step too close. Not that the willets paid them much attention.
  14. Also know for ...

    Also know for ...

    their cinnamon-colored underwings. All in all a lovely bird!
  15. Willets, marbled godwits, and a whimbrel

    Willets, marbled godwits, and a whimbrel

    I have more "individual" portraits of these species from my walk along the Bay Trail, but impatient to show off the bio-diversity of the site I'll post this group pose first. ;)
  16. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

  17. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Rio Coto, Playa Zancudo, Costa Rica
  18. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    Taken north of Lancaster on the roadside.
  19. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

  20. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

    rural lancaster..
  21. Marbled godwit

    Marbled godwit

  22. One Serious Probe!

    One Serious Probe!

    This completes the my gallery trio of long-billed waders--Whimbrel, Long-billed curlew and now this fellow.
  23. Marbled Godwit in Flight

    Marbled Godwit in Flight

  24. marbled godwit

    marbled godwit

    not a common visitor to the dike
  25. Marbled Godwit

    Marbled Godwit

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