Unusual Bird Spotted In Bay Area: Photo Of The Day

ALAMEDA, CA — John MacKenzie shared this stunning photo of a Marbled Godwit in flight. He took it recently at the Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary in Alameda.

The Marbled Godwit is not a globally endangered bird, but is unusual in the Bay Area as it is just passing through during migration.

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