NONBREEDING BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, TAGUS ESTUARY,LISBON,PORTUGAL, 9/29/2019

   We can ID this sandpiper as a nonbreeding Black-tailed Godwit as follows:

• Long, very slightly upcurved bill is pink towards base and black towards tip
• Grey legs
• Uniform (no baring) brownish upperparts, head, neck and breast
• Whitish belly

   The Black-tailed Godwit is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 924.