Waterbirds: Walkers
Curlews, Whimbrel, Godwits
All have long bills; curved downwards in Whimbrel and curlews, upturned in godwits. Whimbrel sports a pale, median crown-strip and feeds more by picking, less by probing than the curlews and godwits. There are 2 curlew and 4 godwit species.
The Bar-tailed Godwit undertakes elliptical migration, involving long, nonstop flights across the Pacific Ocean; probably direct from Alaska to New Zealand and eastern Australia in boreal fall, and then a single stop-over during the return trip in spring.
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Whimbrel
Whimbrel
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew