Bar-tailed Godwit

1/2500s at f9.0, ISO:2000, Canon EOS-1D X w/800mm, x1.4 converter


The Bar-tailed Godwit breeds in Scandinavia, northern Asia, and Alaska. The nest is a shallow cup in moss sometimes lined with vegetation. Both sexes share incubation of the eggs and care for the young. Every autumn the bar-tailed godwit undertakes an eight-day journey from Alaska to New Zealand, 7,300 miles. The bird flies non-stop, without once breaking the journey to rest or eat. Then when spring comes, the bar-tailed godwit makes the journey back to Alaska by making 1 stop at the yellow sea and then continue further to their nesting site.
Nome, AK
 
06/18/2013