If you're a birder, you'll know what a life list is. It's basically a list of all the bird species one has observed and positively ID'd in one's lifetime. This blog is a record of my "critter" life list (mostly of birds), including photos I've taken over the years, some of the actual lifer if I was lucky enough to get the shot. Don't expect National Geographic quality stuff here, just the work of an amateur photog who loves to trudge out into nature.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)

11/3/02 Crystal Cove State Park (between Newport Coast and Laguna Beach), Orange County, CA 

11/3/02 Crystal Cove State Park

10/27/02 Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA 

8/4/02 The Godwits hanging out with the Willets. Time to break out the high tea.
Border Field State Beach, Imperial Beach, San Diego County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Marbled Godwit

SPECIES: Limosa fedoa

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/16/2002

LOCATION: Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

HABITAT: Flocks of Godwits stand on flooded tidal flats in winter, probing the mud with their bills. Very common along Pacific coast. In summer, they nest around marshes on the northern prairies. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 18"; Very large, evenly warm brown, with dark barring (heavier in summer). Long, slightly up curved bill has pink at base. 

VOICE: Loud ringing kaweap.
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