Hudsonian Godwit

Hudsonian Godwits are graceful shorebirds with long, slightly upturned bills, long legs, and a glorious breeding plumage of gold, brown, and brick red.

They wade through arctic bogs and tidal mudflats, using their long bills to reach deep into the mud for invertebrate prey.

They undertake an incredible migration—nearly 10,000 miles to near the tip of South America. The passage involves flights of thousands of miles without a stop, some of it over open ocean. Cornell All About Birds