Per the Virginia rarities alert
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1)
- Reported Nov 09, 2013 07:40 by Scott Barnes
- Chincoteague NWR - CES18, Accomack, Virginia
- Map:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=37.9106228,-75.3479719&ll=37.9106228,-75.3479719
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15625180
- Comments: "found in Swan Cove pool; smaller godwit when compared with nearby
MAGO; in basic plumage with streaked back, long slightly upturned bill
(two-toned w/ pinkish basal and black distal), white underparts, in flight
showed whitish underwings and white diamond on rump/lower back similar to
dowitchers. Photos available."
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (1)
- Reported Nov 09, 2013 14:30 by Michelle Hanko
- Chincoteague NWR--Swan Cove, Accomack, Virginia
- Map:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=37.8941,-75.3485&ll=37.8941,-75.3485
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15623204
- Comments: "This is the bird that has been here at Chincoteague for several
months. Brown on top, whitish below, long godwit bill pink at base with dark
tip; streaky back, light line over eye. He gave his fans a nice view of his
white, barred tai when he was preening. He was near the road, wading
in shallow
water, with the sun at a good angle. This bird was smaller than the
two marbled
godwits nearby, more the size of the greater yellowlegs that were also
close by.
One of the other birders in a group nearby let me peek through her scope for a
great view (thank you). Also noticed thebar-tailed godwit's legs were shorter
than those of the yellowlegs."
Previous last reports were from late September. Did people just stop
looking?
--
Wendy Ealding
VARCOM Secretary
