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All: I have just placed a combo quartet of images of the godwit found and photo'd by Robert Turner 18 Sept. at Louis Head Bch, Queens. The first three images that I received showed its extraordinarly long, slightly drooped bill (normally shorter and more upturned in Hudsonian, longer and straighter in Black-tailed). Furthermore, the two flight shots (2, 3) sent initially seemed to indicate pale underwings (shadowed in image 3, but suggesting tip of white underwing covverts). Hence my initial alert. However, note thate rather restricted white wingstrioe, which more conspicuous in Black-tailed. Robert later sent image 4 that clearly shows the black underwing coverts of Hudsonian Godwit. Disappointing perhaps, but a useful lesson. Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren
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