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Hudsonian Godwits and Other Shorebirds - Page 3 of 8 |
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Molting adult Hudsonian
Godwit at North Point on 5 August 2011. Hudsonian Godwits undergo an
extensive body molt
and fatten on the rich food resources of James Bay, then most fly nonstop
to South America where they molt wings and tail. |
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Hudsonian Godwit with tasty morsel on 26 July 2011 |
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Molting adult
male Hudsonian Godwit with a red flag CMC from Chile at Little Piskwamish
Point on 31 July 2011. Photo by Doug McRae. |
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Adult male Marbled
Godwit on territory at North Point on 22 July 2011. It watched over
2 juveniles in the marsh grass on 11, 12 and 13 August . A small
isolated population breeds in
the wide prairie-like marshes of James Bay in Ontario and Quebec and
on Akimiski Island in Nunavut. |
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Adult American
Golden-Plover at North Point on 5 August 2011 |
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Juvenile Red-necked Phalarope at North
Point on 4 August 2011. |
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Adult Dunlin undergo a
complete molt of body feathers, wings and tail while on James Bay. 6
August 2011. |
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