Lesser Yellowlegs??
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Lesser Yellowlegs??

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jnish

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on: May 12, 2017, 09:04:45 PM
These two were hanging out in a flooded farmer's field this week.
IMG_8451_1 by Jane Nishikawa, on Flickr

IMG_8443_1 by Jane Nishikawa, on Flickr

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Reply #1 on: May 12, 2017, 10:14:04 PM
Looks more like a Greater Yellowlegs to me.
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Reply #2 on: May 13, 2017, 06:47:46 AM
Many thanks for this!
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Reply #3 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.
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Reply #4 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!

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Reply #5 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
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