Marbled Godwits

Marbled Godwits are large shorebirds with pinkish based, long slightly upturned bills, long legs are are buff brown all over.

Photographing Shorebirds at Eye Level

By |2021-05-17T07:15:37-06:00April 6th, 2018|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Black-bellied Plovers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Greater Yellowlegs, Long-billed Curlews, Marbled Godwits, Pinellas County, Piping Plovers, Ruddy Turnstones|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Taking photographs of shorebirds at eye level was very fulfilling for me and the images that resulted from my down & dirty technique have always made me feel an intimate connection to the birds.

Marbled Godwit Surprise on Antelope Island

By |2021-07-17T08:55:55-06:00April 24th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was surprised to see this Marbled Godwit on the island but over the years I have learned to expect the unexpected whenever I am out photographing birds!

Six years ago today – Pelicans, Godwits and Dowitchers

By |2024-01-13T02:55:14-07:00June 25th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Brown Pelicans, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits, Pinellas County, Short-billed Dowitchers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Six years ago today I was sand crawling on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico at Fort De Soto's north beach photographing pelicans, godwits and dowitchers plus other birds.

Resting Marbled Godwit

By |2016-12-07T12:09:37-07:00May 18th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Photographing birds; wherever I am, allows me to feel a deep and sometimes profound connection to nature. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Missing Fort De Soto

By |2023-01-15T06:17:36-07:00August 7th, 2013|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Brown Pelicans, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Greater Yellowlegs, Marbled Godwits, Pinellas County, Ring-billed Gulls, Roseate Spoonbills, Semipalmated Plovers, Short-billed Dowitchers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Some days I find myself missing Fort De Soto so much it hurts, the birds I found there and the entire experience of just being there. It is just such an amazing place, how could I not miss it?

Marbled Godwit on Fort De Soto’s north beach

By |2016-12-07T12:12:03-07:00March 8th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits, Shorebirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Several years ago while I was photographing at Fort De Soto's beautiful north beach I saw a Marbled Godwit flying in with a dark Tubeworm in its bill and took a few images of it from a distance.

Marbled Godwit in a tidal lagoon

By |2021-07-17T10:21:20-06:00September 27th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Marbled Godwits|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Just a single image of a Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) that strolled past me while I sat in the water photographing it. Every time I look at this image I feel a wonderful sense of peace, the same feeling I had when I took this photo.

Foraging Marbled Godwit

By |2021-07-17T07:52:52-06:00June 15th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I love how peaceful this image is with the Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) paying absolutely no attention to me as I sat very still in the warm waters of a tidal lagoon photographing it.

Shorebirds of Fort De Soto – Marbled Godwits

By |2021-07-17T07:48:11-06:00November 10th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Marbled Godwits are graceful birds while on the ground, feeding and in flight.

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