Went to Fairfax SRA at Lake Monroe this morning to look for a Franklin's Gull that was reported yesterday. No luck with the gull, but as I was waiting around the beach area hoping the gull would fly in, two large shorebirds landed on the beach at the water's edge. They turned out to be a pair of MARBLED GODWIT (Indiana state bird number 191, year bird number 138), a very good bird for the Midwest. These were the first Marbled Godwits I've seen since I lived in California 15 years ago.
Posted by Birdingdave at April 19, 2004 05:34 PMsaw Marbled Godwits this past weekend here in so Cal - some were getting some nice rusty plumage
Posted by: andy at April 21, 2004 07:12 AM