lesser yellowlegs

Good number of shorbirds this weekend

One of our winter visitors from Canada - yes, we get both kinds of 'snowbirds' - people and actual birds!

Chevalier à pattes jaunes - Tringa flavipes - Lesser Yellowlegs

Quite a few of these around reserve

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Have a great weekend...Stay safe y'all

Cool thing about living in Florida is you don't need to go to a zoo or park to see alligators. Sometimes they're right in your back yard! This one, however, wasn't in my backyard but it was out in one of my favorite wetland areas close to the St Johns River. It represents a good example of an...

I went out early this morning, and expected a clear sky for the sunrise. However, the weatherman was wrong. It was overcast and foggy instead. I could barely get my phone to focus on anything through my Diascope, but eventually it lifted just enough to fiddle around with a few shots. I was...

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) Sexes similar. Lafittes Cove Nature Preserve situated in Lafittes Cove Subdivision, southwest of Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Secondary coastal thicket with man-made ponds and small patches of remnant coastal prairie on a barrier Island at 1 m (3.3...

Have a great weekend y'all.

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) Sexes similar. Lafiites Cove Nature Center, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, a mix of small ponds, coastal prairie and coastal woods surrounded by residential subdivision at ca. 2 m (6.6 ft) elevation.

Cracking views of the Lesser Yellowlegs at Dungeness, which not long after moved further away and then did a flit altogether

Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs

Three Lesser Yellowlegs together in flooded farmers field.

Found three Lesser Yellowlegs foraging in a local farmers field near river that floods a little each spring and attracts migrating shorebirds that pass thru the area.

The Greater in the front and the Lesser in the rear. lol

Well Peeps, I went back again yesterday to have another look at this overseas visitor. A very obliging bird, and I'm sure its given a lot of photo ops to a lot of bird togs during its stay. I took a coat, as well as me jacket this time...But it was still really cccccold, LOL.

Well Peeps, As the sun was out, I bussed it to Pett Level yesterday, to have a look at the Lesser Yellowlegs thats been frequenting the area for a few days. I got 3 frames from a distance, before the bird decided to up sticks and vacate the premises. I waited out in the bitter...