Bar-tailed Godwits

We had fantastic weather on Værøy, 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. 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. They fed very close to me and allowed me to take far too many photos and videos. Here are the edited highlights:

Bar-tailed Godwits (lappspove)