Several Greater Yellowlegs were feeding with the late afternoon sun lighting them up.
Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island, FL
February 9, 2025
ID by Merlin Bird ID app
Greater Yellowlegs
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Greater Yellowlegs Hunting
This Greater Yellowlegs was working a shallow pond.
He was quick.
And successful!
His selection might have been a bit too big.
Rearrange it, then swallow.
Let’s look for more.
I’m going with the Merlin Bird ID suggestion that this is the Greater Yellowlegs, not the Lesser Yellowlegs. The distinction is in a comparison of their beak size to their head size: the Greater YL’s beak is 1.5 times the size of his head, with the Lesser YL’s beak being much shorter.
April 25, 2019