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Tidal flats are created by swift currents and exposed when the tide goes out. Sand and mud flats in coastal wetlands provide food for migratory shorebirds. Each species finds the zone for its foraging style and appetite. Adjacent upland and transitional habitats provide nesting and roosting areas.


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	Black-bellied Plover

	Dunlin

	Hudsonian Godwit

	Least Sandpiper

	Marbled Godwit

	Pectoral Sandpiper

	Purple Sandpiper

	Red Knot

	Ruddy Turnstone

	Sanderling

	Semipalmated Sandpiper

	Semipalmated Plover

	Short-billed Dowitcher

	Whimbrel

Hudsonian Godwit	PHOTO: 1 2

photo: Shawn P. Carey (Migration Productions)

As it name implies, the Hudsonian Godwit is from Hudson and James Bays, where it nests on Arctic marshes. The Hudsonian Godwit is a long haul migrant that flies nearly nonstop from Canada to Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America. Small numbers of Hudsonian Godwits occasionally stop on New England beaches. They may be seen at the tidal flat waterline on Plymouth Beach between July and September. This Godwit’s plumage includes black, white and grays, unlike its larger cousin the Marbled Godwit that displays buff and cinnamon colored plumage.