There were many Lesser Yellowlegs at the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge. This is a bird with long yellow legs, and it is named Lesser Yellowlegs because it is smaller than the Greater Yellowlegs.
These birds were not shy of humans and continued their foraging for food even when I came close to them.
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
You may wonder how I know the names of these birds. I don’t, and I am not a “birder”. However, there are usually birders around at places like the refuge. They are very kind and helpful, and never hesitate to tell me the names of the birds and answer my naive questions. At times, they even lend me their binoculars or spotting scopes as they point out the locations of some distant birds. Birders are great people!
neihtn 
Nice set, with all the Lesser and Greater names in the birds, I always wonder what is greater and what is lesser. On this one we at least know it’s the legs! 🙂
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What I think is particularly delightful about these 3 images is that the first two show us a bird in water, and one has a kind of expectation of what it would look like when it emerged.
And then it does – and its legs are ENORMOUSLY long ! Surprising and amusing. 😀
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Nice captures!
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So glad you have that support! Beautiful shots!
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Thank you, Katelon!
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