Marbled Godwit

The Marbled Godwit is a large shorebird with a long, slightly upturned, bicolored bill. It uses its rapier-like bill to probe the sand for invertebrates and plants. They primarily breed in the northern prairies of the US and Canada. There two satellite breeding areas, one in southern Alaska and another at the southern end of Hudson Bay. They winter along the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts. These were photographed at San Carlos Bay in Florida.

Here one walks past a flock of resting Laughing Gulls and Willets.