Muckymouth
This Black-Tailed Godwit is giving me strong muckymouth pie vibes.
As a child I loved muckymouth pie. It’s a pastry-encased treat filled with bilberries from the Yorkshire Moors. I think of it every time a see a wader with mud all over its beak.
Delicious.
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