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tringa melanoleuca

  1. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) fussing at me.
  2. Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) left, Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) right.
  3. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
  4. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    The bird had been bathing for a while. It then stood up and continued shaking and baking.
  5. Colourful legs

    Colourful legs

    Up on that massive pipe I mentioned before (the one I advised you can ignore to pretend you're out in nature, but obviously I don't always do as I say - and anyway, I do want to show what the area is actually like) was a line-up of birds with variously coloured legs. Here are the most colourful...
  6. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
  7. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

  8. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) Winter plumage.
  9. Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs

    Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) and Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
  10. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

  11. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
  12. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    The smudgy, relatively unstreaked breast and gray mantle indicate nonbreeding (Definitive Basic) plumage. However, we can see a few new black streaks showing up on the flanks and neck indicating the beginning of a change to breeding (alternate) plumage. This species prefers inhospitable...
  13. greater yellowlegs

    greater yellowlegs

  14. Greater Yellowlegs P1170989.jpg

    Greater Yellowlegs P1170989.jpg

  15. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    What else would I be? At Huntington Beach State Park, SC
  16. DSCN1531.JPG

    DSCN1531.JPG

    https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/320080471
  17. Stilts

    Stilts

    This Greater Yellowlegs let me know when too close was too close, lol.
  18. Greater Yellowlegs.jpg

    Greater Yellowlegs.jpg

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
  19. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs
  20. Greater Yellowlegs.jpg

    Greater Yellowlegs.jpg

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
  21. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

  22. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

  23. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) Old Travis B. Bryan Municipal Golf Course. Country club lake at ca. 91 m (ca. 300 ft) elevation. Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area. Shallow lake.
  24. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) Sexes similar. Old Travis B. Bryan Municipal Golf Course. Country club lake at ca. 91 m (ca. 300 ft) elevation. Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Shallow lake. Post Oak Savannah Vegetational Area.
  25. Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) Sexes similar. South Padre Island, Birding and Nature Center, Cameron County, Texas, USA. The center sits bayside along Southern Laguna Madre. Bayside on a barrier island.
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