Bar-tailed Godwits feed on molluscs, worms and aquatic insects. Breeding takes place each year in Scandinavia, northern Asia and Alaska. 
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Thursday, 1 May 2008
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwits feed on molluscs, worms and aquatic insects. Breeding takes place each year in Scandinavia, northern Asia and Alaska.
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THE Bar-tailed Godwit was found on holiday last week. He was the only one in the water :)
Poor thing what a god awful name*!*
Tsup*!* Tsup*!* HAHA, you're right Bimbimbie! Beautiful to watch with those long legs and bill though. Delicate bird if not for the name. Not sure about its Godwitted intellect and humour :)
Tsup*!* Seeing these shore and wader birds takes me back to childhood - I should have paid more attention to my dad telling me their names from the birds we would see along the Yorkshire coastline Tsup*!*
Best yet! I love it just for the name. Nice bill . .longer than my Mastercard account and that's saying something! Roit . . off to work! Have a good one!
Tsup*!* Your Dad instilled your love for birds... there are so many names to keep in the mind including those of plants. I'm also revisiting what should be remembered from before :) I hear the seagulls are the size of MONSTERS in England Bimbimbie!
HAHA, Baino loves a Godwit :) Have a good day!!!
Tsup*!* Yes good old dad, he still loves putting food out for his feathered friends too.
I still have nightmares from trying to tuck into fish n chips at Scarborough and Whitby. I'm sure Alfred Hitchcock got his idea for that film of his after a similar event from his own childhood. The seagulls are really good at letting you know when the weather is foul at sea in winter. They come and gather around the chimney pots to keep warm ... true Tsup*!*
Tsup*!* Bimbimbie! Talking about Dads, you just reminded me about an excursion I must take before too cold with Dad and Bush Turkeys! Haahaah.
I should watch Hitchcock's 'Birds' again, because saw it as a child. Will be thinking of you ;) We had a similar experience here but with Lorikeets the other day :O
Tsup*!* they can be little hooligans those Lorrikeets ... what did they do? Tsup
Tsup*!* Bimbimbie! I have the attack on film but thought it would upset the Bird Stalkers if blogged. Jack was on the inside of the kitchen window with Rainbow Lorikeets on the outside. None in a good mood at all! The whole family gathered because of the racket and no one wanted to seize Jack in case he accidently thought we were a Rainbow! OUCH! Very distressing …
You should stuff them up a drainpipe, that's what I do.
*Sigh* There wasn't a drainpipe about Mr Totties. We were in the wilderness!
My my what a long beak you have!
All the better to peck you with GT3Films! Unless you're like an old handbag from sunbaking too much :O It's a VERY slender bill! *SNAP*!
It is a pointed bird! Looks like a 36 gauge hypodermic needle. Ouch! If this was a human, it will not be able to walk with those skinny legs.
Who is GT3Films? And why would they be like an old handbag from Sunbaking too much?
Actually, I (G3tfilms... well, Rich actually) don't sunbake at all. They have this problem with skin cancer down this end of the world. As someone from Sydney I would have thought you'd have heard about it ;)
Snap and OUCH Ces! This one was alone, they are known to be social and often seen in large flocks and in the company of other waders. It should have flown to Alaska with the rest of them!
*Sigh* It was a typo G3TFilms and if you pull me up on all typos you would be rich! You both must very obedient doing what the Government tells you to and not to when sunny and not sunny in Sydney, Australia :)
nice legs! fat-free and tasty!
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I used to always go a nice olive brown. Now I just burn. I don't like being burnt. Also, I already have a tumour in my head. I don't need more. They're no fun.
G3TFilms, I read you are part Germanic, so should have an olive complexion which still doesn't hold up to the strengthening Sydney sun. I've also read all about your tumour. That's called a brain, it's supposed to be there unless have had too much sun!
Ha! No. I get my Olive complexion, along with my love of Hard Liquor and story telling tongue (especially when combined with Hard Liquor) from my Welsh Grandfather. Why the Welsh are so dark I don't know. Unfortunately though the Dutch blood took over as I grew older and now I'm completely fair and prone to sunburn.
Oooooh. It's supposed to be there. Stupid Brain. Wish I didn't have one!
anon, i used to date an aquatic insect--haha!
GT3Films, the Welsh may be a mélange of all the aborigines of the Isle of Britain, and even further back of Hamitic or African origin. Perhaps you need to follow the trail of the red dragon to find they came from a meteorite! My Welsh ancestors were described as having a “ruddy” complexion. It might have been from the coal mines.
They scanned my head only yesterday, looking for a brain :O
That's terrible news KJ! Bet you won't do that again. In case there's danger, the Godwit will help :)
That Captain is one tripped out brain scan. Gotta love it!
I been chasing the dragons tail for years... wait... where am I?
I saw Gowits in Batemans bay!
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Tsup*!* awww poor Jack it's not nice when the relatives pay a flying visit is it Tsup *!*
... please may I rudely interject about ruddy complexions. It's a well known fact in the UK that anyone north of London are ruddy northerners. Got nowt ta do wi pits but fields and sea ... see ;) Tsup*!*
The Captain is also a ruddy Northerner G3TFilms! I bet he could tell you that isn't the Red Dragon's den from the Welsh flag!
That would be a Bar-tailed Godwit you saw in Bateman's bay Simon! There's also a Black-tailed Godwit and a Hudsonian Godwit - neither I've photographed yet.
Tsup*!* Not nice if your relatives are after blood Bimbimbie! You may rudely interject with astonishing news that everyone North of London is RUDDY! That must include those on hills with trees but not ones stuck to tar babies…
Tsup*!* We had a rainbow lose its way and fly into our house in the summer my darling chosen one stripped his shirt off to catch it only to be thanked with a beak peck to his finger. I tried not to laugh and be too overly concerned that the rainbow was ok
Thank you for accepting my rudeness.. and I think that's a yes and then a no to your question lol ;) Tsup *!*
Tsup*!* HAHHAHHAAAA, your darling one would also know that he should NEVER strip his shirt off when around a Lorikeet's claws, Bimbimbie! I bet he's proud of his scars after saving the poor Rainbow ;) Hhehhee, you're the first to ask permission to be rude Bimbimbie, how could I say 'No'? BTW, the Ruddy Northerners that visit this blog haven't woken yet. Hhehhehhee :)
Are you and Bimbimbie giving each other kisses? Very interesting exchange about complexions!
It's a tradition in my family to greet by hugging then kissing each cheek Ces :) That's hug shoulders and kiss cheeks on a face Heehee. You taught us all how to Tsup*!* correctly!
That's called an Aussie yarn Ces, not an 'interesting exchange'. Heehehee ;)
I want to call someone a bar tailed godwit!
I think he looks most aristocratic - his beak is almost like a splendid walking stick!
Hhahhhaa, that would would be a curse Debra Kay!
You're right Miladysa!
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