The Marbled Godwit is the largest North American godwit, a big, tawny-brown shorebird with a very long, slightly upturned bill tipped with pink at the base. It breeds on the northern Great Plains and winters on both coasts. The warm, rusty-cinnamon wing color is distinctive in flight. It probes deeply into mud for buried invertebrates.
Best time to see a Marbled Godwit
The best time to see a Marbled Godwit is July–January, when about 64% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 23,083 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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