Thanks or blame to @loren and @timdesuyo for getting this started and lodging the mind-worm!

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#Birding #BarTailedGodwit
#ShortSkirtLongJacket

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Bar-tailed Godwit - eBird

Gangly wader with a long bicolored bill. Breeding plumage is dark brick-red below (male) or pale orangey (female); nonbreeding plumage is overall gray-brown with white belly; compare to Black-tailed Godwit. In flight shows rather plain upperwings with only a faint whitish wing stripe; white rump and finely barred tail. Mainly coastal away from tundra breeding grounds. Often in flocks feeding on mudflats and in brackish coastal lagoons, roosting in adjacent freshwater habitats. Feeds by probing its long bill into the mud.

Wading through the mudflats to get a coffee:
#BarTailedGodwit.

#VogelFlausch #BirdPhotography #PfuhlSchnepfe

A #BarTailedGodwit -- known only by its satellite tag number 234684 -- has flown 13,560km from Alaska to Australian state of Tasmania without stopping, setting a new #worldrecord for marathon bird flights which took 11 days and one hour to reach Tasmania https://bit.ly/3FVZqiy
Bar-tailed godwit sets world record with 13,560km continuous flight from Alaska to southern Australia

Satellite tag data suggests five-month-old migratory bird did not stop during voyage which took 11 days and one hour to reach Tasmania

The Guardian