Bar-tailed Godwit

[Leo Berzins]

A Bar-tailed Godwit in non-breeding plumage nicely fattened up ready for imminent departure on its marathon flight from Merimbula beach (SE Australia) to breeding grounds in Alaska/Siberia.

Canon 1Dx, 500f/4L IS II + 1.4x, 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO 800, manual exposure, Mongoose 3.6 mounted on a skimmer
minor crop for composition

[keith mitchell]

Really like the simplicity and the relaxed pose of this shot, Australia to Alaska that is some long haul flight

Keith..

[christopher galeski]

very nice capture,love the pastel BG,the pose is ery nice with the raised foot,sharp with good detail.

[Doug Brown]

I'd take a nice long nap if I had to fly from Australia to Alaska, even on a supersonic jet! Like the sleeping pose, but am unsure about the downhill slope of the sand.