{"id":16765,"date":"2014-11-07T04:47:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T11:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=16765"},"modified":"2025-09-05T17:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:16:28","slug":"marbled-godwit-and-the-gulf-of-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/11\/07\/marbled-godwit-and-the-gulf-of-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Marbled Godwit And The Gulf Of Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MarbledMarbled Godwit and the Gulf of Mexico – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light, not baited
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Just a simple post this morning of an older Marbled Godwit image I took in Florida in 2008. The birds at Fort De Soto<\/span><\/a> are amazing and there are times I miss being there with them dearly.<\/p>\n

I have always thought of Marbled Godwits as graceful, elegant shorebirds and I still do.<\/p>\n

This godwit had a tiny Coquina in its bill and was about to swallow it when I took this image.<\/p>\n

I really wanted to do a post on a juvenile Common Black Hawk that I saw yesterday which is rare for this area of Utah but I just didn’t have the time.<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Marbled Godwit photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have always thought of Marbled Godwits as graceful, elegant shorebirds and I still do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,25,704,88,2000],"tags":[4004,5229,5132,2755,4136,2546,3945,4077,4163,4419,10613,4106,4891,3975,3996,4119],"class_list":["post-16765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-marbled-godwits","category-pinellas-county-florida","tag-adult","tag-coast","tag-coastal","tag-coquina","tag-foraging","tag-godwit","tag-godwits","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-limosa-fedoa","tag-marbled-godwit","tag-mollusk","tag-prey","tag-shore","tag-shorebird","tag-water","tag-waves"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t