Marbled Godwits at Hawkeye Wildlife Area

[jimf...@q.com]

 This morning, I scoped a distant pair of MARBLED GODWITS across from the James Ave. shoreline.

They took to the air making their cinnamon underwings quite visible, so I was able to make a positive identification. Hawkeye's water levels were just high enough to cover all the mud flats, so the long-legged godwits were the only shorebirds around.

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