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> From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 2:19 PM
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> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hoover Osprey. and Marbled Godwit question.
>

> Now on to the Marbled Godwit. I took the opportunity to visit
> the twin lakes site, and have a question.  Do you think that
> that could be a second Godwit?  The reason why I say that is
> first judging from the photos that I took of both of them,
> the second's bill seems to be smaller.  I scaled images of
> both birds so that they were the same size  and one looks
> just a little smaller.  Second has anyone noticed how long
> the second Godwit has been limping?  The one that was over at
> Glacer Ridge was not favoring either leg but the one at twin
> lakes is.  I wasn't there on Saturday long enough to tell if
> it was limping then, but on Monday evening, it deffinately
> was.  I'm not saying that there are two,  the images that I
> took could have a slightly different angle that throws off
> the size, and the Godwit could have gotten injured in the
> past week.  But might it be possable?
>
> Steve

Steve:

The Marbled Godwit is back at Twin Lakes as of 215 PM today when I was there.

It was having problems with one leg: it would feed a few "pokes", then seem to lose it's
balance and regain it's balance with a wing flutter.

The "Superman Rule" suggests that it's the same bird at both places. I have made the loop
from Twin Lakes to Glacier Ridge each day for over a week now (a couple times most days:
they are both close to my home office), and when the Marbled Godwit is at one place, there
is *never* a Marbled Godwit at the other. Not conclusive, of course, but suggestive.

I had a report from a friend that the Godwit was favoring it's right leg at Twin Lakes
Sunday evening. I'd watched it for a long while on Saturday afternoon at the same spot,
and didn't notice any leg issues then, just the neverending poke-poke-poke-poke. I suspect
that the leg suffered an injury sometime late Saturday or on Sunday.

Not much reason for it to go back to Glacier Ridge now: *very* little good feeding area
left as the water continues to dry up.


Jeff

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