Bird Photos / Lesser Yellowlegs

Last update: 10/27/2020

This bird was in the Shearness Pool at Bombay Hook, DE on August 19th, 2006.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

This cooperative bird was feeding in the mud at Harford Glen park in Abingdon, MD on April 13th, 2008.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

This may be the exact same bird, also at Harford Glen. I took these photos a week later, on April 20th.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

This bird was at Bombay Hook NWR on August 2nd, 2008.

Lesser Yellowlegs Flying

I saw this bird in a flooded field at Swan Harbor Farms on May 1st, 2009.

Lesser Yellowlegs

I think the next photos show an adult Lesser Yellowlegs on the right and an immature on the left.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

This bird was in the new impoundment at Swan Harbor on August 4th, 2012.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

I saw this one at Prime Hook NWR, DE on January 19th, 2013.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

These were also at Prime Hook NWR on April 17th, 2013.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

These birds were in a puddle at Swan Harbor Farms on April 19th, 2014. The one in front is a Lesser Yellowlegs; the one in the back is a Greater. Note the difference in the amount of barring on the birds' flanks.

Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs

The birds on the left are Lesser Yellowlegs. The others are Pectoral Sandpipers. I saw them at Swan Harbor on October 24th, 2020.

Lesser Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpipers