During shorebird surveys from 2 July to 12 August 1994 at Carter Spit (59°15' N, 162°00' W), along the southeastern shore of Kuskokwim Bay, western Alaska, I observed relatively large numbers of Hudsonian Godwits (Limosa haemastica) staging and in migration. The Carter Spit area comprises four spits and tidal mudflats along 35 km of coastline. Inland, wet tundra with numerous brackish and freshwater ponds extends for 8 km to the upland tundra and bare gravel ridges of the coastal Ahklun Mountains (elevation: 307–730 m). Thickets of willow (Salix spp.) and alder (Alnus spp.) line the banks of four creeks that originate in the mountains and drain into Kuskokwim Bay.