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Marbled Godwit

Category: Shorebirds

Photographer: Ruth Ann Angus

Photographer's Website: website

Key Identifying Points: Large sandpiper with long, slightly upturned bill.

Comments: Uncommon on expansive mudflats and sandflats and on beaches.

The Marbled Godwit is uncommon on expansive mudflats and sandflats and on beaches. Nests around prairie ponds. May form flocks; often associates loosely with other shorebirds. A large sandpiper. with very long, slightly upturned bill. Overall buffy or cinnamon color without contrasting wing or tail markings.