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This photo discloses both the dramatic size differential of these two godwit species (specifically, in both body size and leg length) and their striking color differences. It also shows smudgy reddish (or ruddy) areas on the Bar-tailed's upper breast and belly, presumably remnants of the reddish coloration of undersides of the breeding plumages in males of this species. I also visited this bird on August 10, 2014 when it was at the Cayo del Oso area of Corpus Christi and when these remnant reddish areas were larger and somewhat more saturated with red. My photos from that earlier visit documented those features (and are available in my eBird report for that occasion). Other individuals also photo-documented the bird August 10, 2014, and several of them have submitted photos in their eBird reports.
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This rare godwit was found by my wife and me on October 13, 2014 in Swantner Park, Corpus Christi (Nueces Co.) TX in the company dozens of Marbled Godwits. This exceedingly rare visitor was never seen outside their company. We had been alerted to the presence of this rare visitor at that park, thanks to reports on TEXBIRDS. The godwits spent most of their time foraging in tall grass in the park, the Bar-tailed accompanying the Marbled flock wherever the latter went. Despite this rare visitor's smaller stature and notably shorter legs, it walked surprisingly fast and often moved from back somewhere in the group to or near the front of it as they walked, at least when they were in a true walking mode (e.g., on a sidewalk), rather than foraging. Most of the godwits' time was spent foraging in the grass, which included frequent moves from one grassy area to another, but on one occasion the entire flock took flight, flew over the seawall, and landed on the shoreline of adjacent Corpus Christi Bay. There they mainly preened and rested. One of the photos herewith shows much of the flock (some was cut off in cropping photo length to meet eBird exigencies) together on the shoreline below the seawall, the Bar-tailed Godwit with them. Four other photos herein disclose multiple species identification-relevant characteristics. We studied and photographed these godwits at a respectable distance, using binoculars, scope, and a telephotos lenses affording up to 20X. We never flushed the flock, and neither did another individual, apparently not a birder, who once walked on a sidewalk, rapidly, right beside them. In short, the flock did not seem nervous or high-strung, and once as my wife and I stood watching and photographing the flock it moved steadily toward us--so much so that my wife exclaimed, "They look like they are going to come right up to us!" They, of course, stopped short, but still surprisingly close. We cannot complain at all about cooperative birds, especially rare ones.
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- Модель
- COOLPIX P520
- ISO
- 1600
- Фокусна відстань
- 180 mm
- Спалах
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.3
- Витримка
- 1/2500 sec
- Розміри
- 1234 pixels x 1485 pixels
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