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| Town of Nipigon. May 29, 2012. |
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| Town of Marathon. May 29, 2012. |
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
A few godwits
Godwits are passing through NW Ontario this week. On May 28, Greg Stroud found a Marbled and Hudsonian Godwit together, gorging on earthworms on a flooded ball diamond in the town of Nipigon. I had a chance to observe the pair yesterday (May 29th). It was a real treat to be able to compare the two species in breeding plumage, at close range.
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Yesterday (again, May 29th) I found a lone Hudsonian Godwit at Penn Lake Park in the Town of Marathon.
The Checklist of the Birds of Thunder Bay District lists Hudsonian Godwit as a casual species (reported in three to seven of the last ten years).
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Very nice to see these handsome birds together. I've never seen either of them here in Southeastern/South central Minnesota, but we saw Marbled Godwits by the hundreds in northern California in late winter several years ago. I suppose that becomes old hat after a while, but it sure didn't to us.
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