yellowlegs

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

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

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...

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline (Oakland, CA, USA) at about about 20m. Willets, Yellowlegs, and Godwits are often seen flocking together in this area, so not a surprise to see these two cousins together.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline (Oakland, CA, USA).

A first for me. A migrant stopping over at one of our lakes to fuel up.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 8m.

This beauty was just hanging by the shoreline. I love the markings on this bird also!

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 45m.

I dare not say if this bird is a greater or lesser. I heard no call and had no comparison. I'm leaning toward the lesser. Is there an expert in the house?

Tringa melanoleuca at Lindo Lake, Lakeside, CA, 09-16-10, Canon EOS 7D 400.f5.6L. http://www.picturetrail.com/marysan

Two of a group of four that was feeding at Lake Solano Park.

Two in flight

Seeming to enjoy the short sunny break as much as I did.

Greater and lesser yellowlegs.

This juvenile? yellowleg was doing OK fishing but had a hard time getting it in the right position to swallow/

One of the many wading birds found at Reifel.

A Greater Yellowlegs, common here in the Pacific Northwest, takes flight from a saltwater estuary near Marrowstone Island in north Puget Sound near Port Townsend Washington. Photo by Jeff Larsen www.jefflarsen.com

Not certain if this is Lesser or Greater Yellowlegs. I see them so infrequently that I don't have enough experience to see the difference; fild guides aren't much help.

Found these resting on a log at the London Farm House, south Fraser River location. - They are all juveniles. Thought they were neat, the way they were standing on the log.