> -----Original Message----- > From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Steve > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 2:19 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]