[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Dunlin was photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, 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 8.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Dunlin was photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 9, 2006)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Dunlin was photographed at French Town Road, Port Bolivar, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 6, 2008)

[Length 16 in. Wingspan 30 in.]

These "Asian" Bar-tailed Godwits were photographed on Attu Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1984)

[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)