Michael Milicia/ BIA / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) wading, Montana

Michael Milicia/ BIA / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) taking flight at surf's edge, California

Tim Zurowski / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) flying, California

Donald M. Jones / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) in spring, Montana

Lynn M. Stone / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) foraging along shore of Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, April.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) foraging, Texas

Gerrit Vyn / Flock of Marbled Godwits (Limosa fedoa) in basic (winter) plumage roosting on a dock. Pacific County, Washinton, USA. August.

Ernie Janes / Marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) feeding, Fort Myers beach, Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, March.

Ernie Janes / Marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) feeding, Fort Myers beach, Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, March.

Ernie Janes / Marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) feeding, Fort Myers beach, Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, March.

Ernie Janes / Marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) preening, Fort Myers Beach, Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, March.

Claudio Contreras / Marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) two in wetlands, Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, April