Bird of the Week – Lesser Yellowlegs
The signature shore bird of the boreal forest might be the Lesser Yellowlegs.
William Rowan got it exactly right when he wrote, “They will be perched there as though the safety of the entire universe depended on the amount of noise they made.”Lesser Yellowlegs provide biparental care to its kids but the females tend to depart breeding areas before chicks can fly, thus leaving males to defend the young until fledging. Whether it is one bird or two, they are noisy, with the distinctive tu tu tu calls.
Even if it weren’t for the call the bright yellow legs that gives these birds their name is a pretty good field mark.[^1]
Camera geek stuff: f6.3, 1/1000, ISO200.
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[^1]:Except, of course, for their close cousins, the Greater Yellowlegs. Separating Lessers from Greaters is always a challenge. Maybe that should be next week’s bird.
My apologies to WC. Nice bird photo as well. 🙂
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