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Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

Large sandpiper with gray and black mottled upperparts, white underparts and streaked upper breast and sides. Bill is straight and uniformly dark gray. White lower rump and dark-barred tail are visible in flight. Legs are long and yellow. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.

Habitat:

Shoreline of Lewisville Lake.

Notes:

This bird was missing a foot, but it did not seem to slow it down much.

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