{"id":5182,"date":"2012-06-15T03:55:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T09:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5182"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:16:38","slug":"foraging-marbled-godwit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/06\/15\/foraging-marbled-godwit\/","title":{"rendered":"Foraging Marbled Godwit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I must admit I have a fondness for shorebirds, their beauty is a big part of why I\u00a0became (<em>am<\/em>)\u00a0addicted to bird photography.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-154451 size-full\" title=\"Foraging Marbled Godwit, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/marbled-godwit-mia-mcpherson-3321.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/marbled-godwit-mia-mcpherson-3321.jpg\" alt=\"Foraging Marbled Godwit, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"10799\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/marbled-godwit-mia-mcpherson-3321-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/marbled-godwit-mia-mcpherson-3321-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/marbled-godwit-mia-mcpherson-3321-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/marbled-godwit-mia-mcpherson-3321-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/marbled-godwit-mia-mcpherson-3321-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/marbled-godwit-mia-mcpherson-3321.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Foraging Marbled Godwit &#8211; Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/750, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I love how peaceful this image is with the Marbled Godwit paying absolutely no attention to me as I sat very still in the warm waters of a tidal lagoon photographing it. It felt intimate and enchanting. I felt as though I had been personally invited to enjoy the scene before me.<\/p>\n<p>Truthfully, I miss the beaches of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofftdesoto.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fort De Soto County Park<\/span><\/a> and the wonderful feelings I had while photographing there.<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/marbled-godwit-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Marbled Godwit photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love how peaceful this image is with the Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) paying absolutely no attention to me as I sat very still in the warm waters of a tidal lagoon photographing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":154451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,704,88],"tags":[4004,12021,5229,12019,4040,37,4136,2546,3945,3997,4163,4419,12020,274,3996],"class_list":["post-5182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-marbled-godwits","tag-adult","tag-beaches","tag-coast","tag-coatal","tag-feeding","tag-florida-2","tag-foraging","tag-godwit","tag-godwits","tag-lagoon","tag-limosa-fedoa","tag-marbled-godwit","tag-peaceful","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/marbled-godwit-mia-mcpherson-3321.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1lA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6198,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/09\/27\/marbled-godwit-in-a-tidal-lagoon\/","url_meta":{"origin":5182,"position":0},"title":"Marbled Godwit In A Tidal Lagoon","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a single image of a Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) that strolled past me while I sat in the water photographing it. 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