Hudsonian Godwit, Monroe Co.

[LaRue Wells]

This morning (Aug. 13) at 10:30 I saw an adult Hudsonian Godwit in  
the Lautenshager Unit at the Pointe Mouillee State Game Area.  It had  
almost completed its molt into winter plumage.  It was in a flock of  
shorebirds that also included Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, a Black- 
bellied Plover, and 14 dowitchers.  I think at least 3 of the  
dowitchers were Long-billed, but I wouldn't bet the ranch on that.   
To reach the spot, park at the Mouillee Creek lot and proceed about a  
mile out the middle dike (about a quarter-mile past the pump) and  
turn left (more or less north) and go 300-400 yards on the recently  
manicured dike that separates the Bloody Run Unit (cultivated field)  
on the east and the Lautenshager Unit on the west.

I didn't bird any other parts of Pte. Mouillee today.

Tex Wells