A drawing in the digital drawing programme Procreate of a godwit. The meadow bird is standing on a tree stump with a meadow in the background. In the distance, you can see a farm fence with some trees. Blue cloud sky with soft hues. In the grass you can see some yellow flowers.
The bird is standing on one leg and its retracted leg is visible. He looks at you sweetly with one eye.
With some imagination, the courtship call of the black-tailed godwit sounds like utto utto utto, which it calls in quick succession. This call is what gives the godwit its name.
The black-tailed godwit was a common meadow bird in the Netherlands in the 20th century, but has been in rapid decline since the turn of the century due to habitat loss. In 2015, the bird was chosen as a national bird species of the Netherlands.
I myself notice that there are fewer godwits. In fact, I never see or hear any in the meadows in my area anymore. I find that very unfortunate.
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