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Motif: Marbled Godwit


Posted by Neil Donaldson on Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:05 am

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I shot this at La Jolla December 26.
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by Trevor Quested on Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:38 am
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Nice shot Neil. How does the bird look with the bill closed? It seems there will be a gap :shock: Good motif shot too.
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by Mike Wilson on Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:54 am
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Great shot of this behavior. Looks a bit blue to me on the scan. Trevor, this is something called rhynchokinesis, showing the birds ability to manipulate the tip of its mandible to feel around in the sand and mud to find and grasp prey items. I was shooting with Neil on this day and this bird did this repeatedly for a few minutes while we shot away. This really shows it well.
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by KK Hui on Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:57 am
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An intersting behavior shot, Neil! :roll:
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by Alan Murphy on Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:59 am
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This is great Neil. I was hopeing that this behavior would come up for the motif. Well done.
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by Chris Kayler on Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:38 am
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Great shot Neil!!
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