[Length 18 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This Marbled Godwit in flight was photographed along the coast near Santa Maria, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1997)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This Marbled Godwit was photographed in Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: March 1980)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

These Marbled Godwits were photographed in Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1989)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This American Golden Plover, in full breeding plumage, was photographed on the tundra at Barrow, Alaska. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1976)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

American Golden Plovers breed on the Arctic tundra across Canada and Alaska. They are fairly common spring migrants in the US along the Central and Mississippi flyways. This one, looking rather mottled as it transitions from breeding to winter plumage, was photographed in the early morning light of a September morning at Brigantine NWR in New Jersey. Photo taken with a 750mm f5.6 Celestron Mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1991)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This American Golden-Plover was photographed at a park along the Hudson River in Hackensack, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: October 1983)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This American Golden-Plover was photographed at a park along the Hudson River in Hackensack, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: October 1983)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This immature American Golden-Plover was photographed at the Cape May Meadows in Cape May, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: October 1987)