Lesser Yellow Legs

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Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, lesser yellow legs, photography, postaday

A bird with a name like Lesser Yellow Legs must have something to show for it. Indeed it has bright yellow legs, which are shorter than those of the Greater Yellow Legs, but still quite long, making it stand out among the birds of the marshes. I saw one while it was searching for food.

Lesser Yellow Legs.

The next instant it was half submerged in water.

Lesser Yellow Legs.

Lesser Yellow Legs with fish it had just caught.

Lesser Yellow Legs eating fish it had just caught.

Lesser Yellow Legs looking for next victim.