[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Hudsonian Godwit

2011-08-20 Thread Sy Schiff
Jones Beach Coast Guard Station. 20 Aug Today's Godwit was a Hudsonian molting into basic plumage. It has a fair amount of warm brown on it and because of the distance requires care to make sure which species is actually there. Both today's bird and the prior one flew showing the wing

[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach Hudsonian Godwit

2011-08-20 Thread Sy Schiff
Jones Beach Coast Guard Station. 20 Aug Today's Godwit was a Hudsonian molting into basic plumage. It has a fair amount of warm brown on it and because of the distance requires care to make sure which species is actually there. Both today's bird and the prior one flew showing the wing