Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Nice (Yellow) Legs!

It isn't often that I get to see yellowlegs up close. If you have never seen them up close, the brightness of their yellow legs is stunning.

Here is a juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs that I found foraging along the beach at East Fork the other day. Man, those are some bright legs!

Lesser Yellowlegs Juvenile

Lesser Yellowlegs Juvenile


Why are you looking at my legs?

Lesser Yellowlegs Juvenile


The yellowlegs are comical birds to watch, constantly running and stabbing at the sand. I watched this bird for about half an hour.

Lesser Yellowlegs Juvenile


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9 comments:

  1. Stirring photos Donald. Nice to get a good look at such an iconic bird!

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  2. Great captures of this lovely bird!

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  3. Anonymous9:07 AM

    Those legs make me think of "Twiggy"!
    Great captures!

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  4. A stuuning capture Donald.

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  5. Beautiful shots of the Lesser Yellowlegs against the blue-green water Donald! They are fun to watch and sometimes very noisy!

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  6. Not only nice yellow legs but such a pretty spotted coat as well.

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  7. beautiful bird and amusing post too, enjoying your blog, thanks! :)

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  8. Hi Donald , great series of photos .

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