Another of the great shorebird migrations taking place this spring is that of the Marbled Godwit. This is a particularly cool looking bird that we've been enjoying on our coastlines this winter. Right now, however, they're beginning to pick up and fly toward breeding grounds in the northern prairies of North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, and Saskatchewan (a small population breeds on the Alaska Peninsula). Although some of these birds remain at their wintering sites year-round, we are seeing many of them head north and eastward. Of local note, in Arcata, in northern California, the annual Godwit Days celebrate the arrival of the birds as they stage their northward migration. Here's some video of Marbled Godwits taken at Huntington Beach: