9-inch Marbled Godwit

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This 9-inch Marbled Godwit carving was hand-crafted from solid Basswood. The Marbled Godwit has a long, bi-colored bill which is slightly curved upwards. the coloring is tawny-brown; mottled with black above and barred below. The barring is much less extensive on Winter birds and juveniles. The wing coverts are also less patterned on juveniles. Marbled Godwit's legs are longer than in the Bar-tailed Godwit. In flight, the cinnamon wing linings and cinnamon on primaries and secondaries are distinctive. Likes to nest in grassy meadows, near lakes and ponds.
Reference
National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds of North America, Fifth Edition, Page 174

Alabama Lakes

1. Bankhead Lake 17. Neely Henry Lake

2. Bear Creek Reservoir 18. Lake Pickwick (Also extends into Mississippi).

3. Creek Lake 19. Lake Purdy

4. Lake Eufala (Also extends into Georgia). 20. Ski Lake

5. Gantt Lake 21. Smith Lake

6. Lake Guntersville - The largest lake in Alabama. 22. Lake Tholocco

7. Lake Harding (Also extends into Georgia). 23. Lake Tuscaloosa

8. Holt Lake 24. Upper Bear Creek Reservoir

9. Inland Lake 25. Lake Wedowee

10. Lake Jackson (Also extends into Florida). 26. Weiss Lake

11. Jordan Lake 27. West Point Lake (Also extends into Georgia).

12. Lay Lake 28. W. F. Lake

13. Little Bear Creek Reservoir 29. Wheeler Lake

14. Logan-Martin Lake 30. Wilson Lake

15. Lake Lurleen 31. William Bill Danelly Reservoir

16. Martin Lake (Alabama)

9-inch Marbled Godwit

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