This afternoon, I counted 45 individuals roosting on the sandspit at the mouth of the Barwon River.
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| Bar-tailed Godwit, Ocean Grove |
Many were banded but I did not get close enough to photograph the bands clearly. There was another photographer approaching the birds and he managed to have them take flight on three occasions :-(
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| Bar-tailed Godwit, Ocean Grove |
They returned twice...
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| Bar-tailed Godwit, Ocean Grove |
...but on the third strike, they took off down the beach.
