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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: jnish on May 12, 2017, 09:04:45 PM

Title: Lesser Yellowlegs??
Post by: jnish on May 12, 2017, 09:04:45 PM

These two were hanging out in a flooded farmer's field this week.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4190/34580244246_75d2c5dc82.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UFJMRG)IMG_8451_1 (https://flic.kr/p/UFJMRG) by Jane Nishikawa (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138568556@N08/), on Flickr

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4156/33778648974_fd73e20197.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TsUpvy)IMG_8443_1 (https://flic.kr/p/TsUpvy) by Jane Nishikawa (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138568556@N08/), on Flickr

Thank you for your help!

Title: Re: Lesser Yellowlegs??
Post by: Rotarran on May 12, 2017, 10:14:04 PM

Looks more like a Greater Yellowlegs to me.

Title: Re: Lesser Yellowlegs??
Post by: jnish on May 13, 2017, 06:47:46 AM

Many thanks for this!

Title: Re: Lesser Yellowlegs??
Post by: Rotarran on May 13, 2017, 10:29:56 AM

No problem, just realized these are 2 different birds.  The first one is a closer candidate for Lesser, in fact I think it is.  Second pic is definitely a Greater.  Did you ever see them side-by-side?  That's a good way to be sure.

Title: Re: Lesser Yellowlegs??
Post by: jnish on May 13, 2017, 04:56:35 PM

That's interesting.  I assumed that they were a male and female of the same species--I noticed that one had a rounder body.  Now that I look at this picture of the two side by side, it looks like the beaks may differ!

Thank you for this!

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4181/33828135283_bb84389f3e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Txh34M)IMG_8444 (https://flic.kr/p/Txh34M) by Jane Nishikawa (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138568556@N08/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Lesser Yellowlegs??
Post by: lucky tern on May 16, 2017, 10:06:53 AM

they're both greater...the lesser is quite a bit smaller which should be obvious in the second picture if they were greater and lesser