Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Hudsonian Godwit
Scientific name:	Limosa haemastica
Date:	5/5/2026
Time:	10:00am
Length of time observed:	15 minutes
Number:	1
Age:	adult
Sex:	male
Location:	Antelope Island Causeway
County:	Davis
Latilong:	41.090817,-112.146113
Elevation:	4200ft~
Distance to bird:	80m at closest
Optical equipment:	Nikon 10x42 Binoculars, Kowa 66mm spotting scopes
Weather:	overcast, calm, 50F~, light rain
Light Conditions:	Good, flat light
Description: Size of bird:	medium sized shorebird
(Description:) Basic Shape:	shorebird
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	dark back, red belly
(Description:) Bill Type:	long and slightly recurved
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	"Adult male in breeding plumage, flew by low heading east 80m north of road at 5.5mm, viewed in binos, medium sized shorebird, long straight bill, very red belly, dark back, wings black with bold white wing bar, tail black with white base. Naked eye I assumed Dowitcher, which were numerous, but wing bars and black and white tail off. Too red to be a WILL(Willet), and not as much white in wing. Relocated 1/4 mile east, additional featured noted, pale whitish head, bill pinkish orange based and slightly recurved. Observed in scope for 15 minutes"-from notes taken at time of sighting (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:	None heard
Behavior:	Initially seen in flight, then landed in a wet field and foraged with Ibis
Habitat:	Wet flooded field with thick short grass/sedge/rush, some shallow ponds, freshwater inflow onto mudflats from weber river via Howard Slough
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Marbled Godwit-uniform rusty brown, solid rusty wings and tail, no wing bars and no black tail with white tail base, larger, seen later that day for comparison. Bar-tailed Godwit-also lack the dark wing with a wing bar and lack the black tail with white tail base. Willet-uniform gray back, head and belly, white tail with black and white wings. Bill shorter, all dark Dowitchers-lack the white wing bar and black and white tail, have a white blaze on the back Whimbrel-uniform gray-brown without the wing bar or black and white tail, decurved bill, no red in plumage Long-billed Curlew-larger with longer decurved dark bill, uniform rusty brown, lack the wing bar and black and white tail. Direct comparison as one was in the same field.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	Yes, my 5th sighting, 7th individual, but my 1st with a alternate plumage male.
References consulted:	Sibley app
Description from:	Notes taken at the time of the sighting From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Bryant Olsen
Observer's address:	84102
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	None that I know of
Date prepared:	5/5/26
Additional material:	Photos, eBird Videos
Additional comments:	eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S333213203