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Tringa flavipes
Large sandpiper with gray and black mottled upperparts, white underparts and streaked upper breast and sides. Bill is straight and uniformly dark gray. White lower rump and dark-barred tail are visible in flight. Legs are long and yellow. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Shoreline of Lewisville Lake.
This bird was missing a foot, but it did not seem to slow it down much.
Spotted on Jun 6, 2013
Submitted on Jun 22, 2013
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