Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
Marbled Godwits breed in the center of the continent in the northern prairie wet grasslands and are rare finds in Connecticut.
How to find it: At the Milford Point Coastal Center and elsewhere, scan the marshes at higher tides and look for a large shorebird sometimes with a group of other roosting shorebirds. The observation tower at the center building is a good place to start. If the godwit is visible, there are likely to be other birders viewing it.
What it looks like: One of our largest shorebirds, the Marbled Godwit is about 16 inches long and has a very long, slightly upturned bill with dark tip and pinkish base. This godwit has long legs and is a rich, buff-brown all over with cinnamon wing linings and a plain breast in its non-breeding plumage.
Conservation status: The IUCN lists the Marbled Godwit as a species of Least Concern.
Photo by Alan D. Wilson, Carolinabirds.org.
