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Bar-tailed godwit / Aguja colipinta

Limosa lapponica

Description:

A solitary Bar-tailed godwit in winter plumage.

Habitat:

Coastlines, estuaries and lagoons

Notes:

The bar-tailed godwit is known to perform the longest non-stop migration of any land bird. The one in the picture was feeding in the output of the refrigeration waters of a thermal power.

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Catalunya, Spain

Lat: 41.20, Long: 1.65

Spotted on Mar 3, 2010
Submitted on Aug 8, 2012

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