[Length 16 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This Bar-tailed Godwit was photographed at Pool of Virkie, Sumburgh, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 11, 2004)

[Length 16 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

Bar-tailed Godwits breed across northern Europe and Asia. They are also regular migrants and scarce breeders in western Alaska. When this one showed up five springs in a row along the New Jersey coast during the 1970's, it was always at the top of the Rare Bird Alert! This "European" Bar-tailed Godwit was photographed at the Longport Sod Banks near Longport, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Celestron 750mm f5.6 mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1977)

[Length 15.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This male Hudsonian Godwit was photographed at the East Bay Bayou Tract, Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 7, 2006)

[Length 15.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Hudsonian Godwit in flight was photographed at Jamaica Bay NWR, New York. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: August 1989)

[Length 15.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Hudsonian Godwit in flight was photographed at Jamaica Bay NWR, New York. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: August 1989)

[Length 15.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This female Hudsonian Godwit was photographed at the East Bay Bayou Tract, Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=600mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 9, 2006)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

Marbled Godwits breed on the prairies of the northcentral US and southern Canada. They are common along the west and gulf coasts of the US in winter. This one was photographed along the bay in Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1980)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This winter-plumaged Marbled Godwit was photographed at the Laguna Madre, Port Isabel, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: December 31, 2010)