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.
© dmitry
yakubovich
xeno-canto
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