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Brian Morin

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Date taken: May 23 2025

Details: adult, summer plummage, outside normal range

Bainsville - In the spring these large shorebirds normally fly to the Arctic without stopping in most of Eastern Canada. This rare encounter brought one down into a muddy field for several days. I've only seen a bird in breeding plumage once before. Normally we only see the occasional bird in the fall when they are pale gray.

Date uploaded: May 27

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Great find and capture, Brian!
Brian Morin: Hard to believe but I rushed back three hours from driving rain at Presqu'ile to see this bird in our regional neighbourhood. No rain at home thankfully so the result was perfect.

Hudsonian Godwit (14)

Brian Morin

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Date taken: Nov 3 2024

Details: immature

Ajax - An early morning shot of our largest uncommon to rare fall shorebird migrant. The bird was very active feeding on mudflats. It will stick its beak and head into mud to as close as a few millimetres below the eye.

Date uploaded: Nov 4 2024

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Another great find!
Brian Morin: We had very poor shorebirding this fall due to high water levels in the east all summer. I wanted to check out this bird further southwest, the only one I would see this year. I watched it for over an hour, with both the bird and me in the mud on a fine fall morning.

Hudsonian Godwit (14)

Brian Morin

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Date taken: Nov 2 2023

Details: juvenile

Ottawa - Only a few of these large shorebirds show up in the area in the fall. It is amazing to watch it feeding, often sticking its head far into the water and into soft mud, probing for invertebrates and small worms.

Date uploaded: Nov 3 2023

Comments (3):
Ahmad Shah: Excellent find.
Brian Morin: I had heard about the bird and figured it should offer some good views. It did better than that. I sat on a rock by the shore, which had a 40 foot-deep mudflat and at times it wandered less than five metres away.

Hudsonian Godwit (14)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Oct 16 2020

Details: juvenile

Ingleside - This tall species can show up in the area in singles or pairs every few years. Always nice to see.

Date uploaded: Oct 21 2020

Hudsonian Godwit (14)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Oct 24 2018

Details: juvenile

Ottawa

Date uploaded: Oct 25 2018

Hudsonian Godwit (14)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Oct 14 2018

Details: juvenile

Ingleside - the bird was seen on the St. Lawrence. It is regionally a rare migrant and locally a very rare migrant. It spent much of its time searching for leeches. Unfortunately it was a one-day wonder.

Date uploaded: Oct 15 2018

Hudsonian Godwit (14)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Oct 19 2017

Details: juvenile

Ottawa - this bird has been present for over a week and I had the chance to track it down today. We spotted it immediately as we pulled up to a small retention pond. You don't find too many rarities before you even get out of the car.

Date uploaded: Oct 20 2017

Hudsonian Godwit (14)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Oct 21 2015

Details: adult, molting

Ottawa - this bird eluded me the other day but I had luck today. Spent an hour 100 feet out in the river (these boots didn't leak) with tripod set up. Very cooperative.

Date uploaded: Oct 22 2015