[Length 16 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

This Bar-tailed Godwit was photographed at Pool of Virkie, Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland, 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.]

This Bar-tailed Godwit was photographed at Swantner Park, Corpus Christi, Texas. Photo taken with a COOLPIX P520 camera (lens unknown). (Date: October 13, 2014)

[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, USA. Photo taken with a Celestron 750mm f5.6 mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1977)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-tailed Godwit (the first record for Texas!) was photographed at a flooded field just south of the FM2004 and CR227 intersection, Brazoria NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: June 7, 2012)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-tailed Godwit was photographed at one of the many fish ponds, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens on a Nikon 1 V3 camera. (Date: May 08, 2017)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-tailed Godwit (the first record for Texas!) in flight was photographed at a flooded field just south of the FM2004 and CR227 intersection, Brazoria NWR, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: June 7, 2012)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-tailed Godwit was photographed at one of the many fish ponds, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens on a Nikon 1 V3 camera. (Date: May 08, 2017)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-tailed Godwit was photographed at Henderson Marsh on Attu Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Celestron 1250mm f10 lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: June 1984)

[Length 15.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This male Hudsonian Godwit was photographed at the East Bay Bayou Tract, Anahuac NWR, Texas, USA. 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)