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Black-tailed Godwit

Breeds from Iceland through Europe to central
Asia...winters on the Indian Subcontinent,
Australia, western Europe and west Africa.

Limosa limosa

(L 15-16" WS 28-31"

Wt m-6.7-14.1; 9.2-22.2 oz)

Cairns Esplanade

25Oct2015

I turn towards the bay

where godwits

  grow plump again,

I marvel at their lives

of constant preparation

for long journeys.
(Margrit)

Limosa in Latin means muddy.

© Arnoud B.
van den Berg

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