Hudsonian Godwit - Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren
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Location

Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary
St. Charles, Missouri, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 38.8719313, -90.1843917
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

We initially thought these were Marbled Godwits, but Josh Uffman explained how these were Hudsonian. I'd like to add his words here for future reference: "Hudsonian Godwits, likely females, which often are much paler than the bright male Hudsonian that were present a few days ago at RMBS. Females are regularly confused with Marbled and can be difficult to accurately ID without seeing the open wing (cinnamon in Marbled) and tail (also cinnamon in Marbled). Anyways, in photos by yourself, Craig Alexander, , and Jonah Eckels the birds have show rufous underparts, dark rufous barring on the breasts and bellies, white in undertail coverts, and Jonah just added photos that clearly show one of the birds to have a white rump - Which is diagnostic for Hudsonian."

Technical information

Model
NIKON Z 8
ISO
640
Flash
Flash did not fire
Dimensions
1974 pixels x 600 pixels
Original file size
209.17 KB