{"id":1691146,"date":"2017-10-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=6083bfe0d9f20791b2654b9bdf8d43a5"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:23:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:23:32","slug":"bar-tailed-godwits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/bar-tailed-godwits\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar-tailed Godwits"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had fantastic weather on V\u00e6r\u00f8y, or at least weather that the 99.9% of the population who are not birders would describe as fantastic. For us it was far too sunny though and we would have preferred a bit more cloud cover and early morning rain.<\/p>\n

On my last day on the island though I enjoyed the early morning sun on a white sand beach in the company of a couple of Bar-tailed Godwits.<\/p>\n

They fed very close to me and allowed me to take far too many photos and videos. Here are the edited highlights:<\/p>\n

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