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Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Description:

Medium sized shorebird foraging alone at low tide in the shallows of a salt marsh.

Habitat:

Shallow salt marsh at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, near the coast of the Delaware Bay.

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Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca Greater yellowlegs


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2 Comments

TylerGraden
TylerGraden 10 years ago

Thanks Malcolm - Bird IDs aren't always my strong point. Note taken.

The wingtips of the similar Lesser Yellowlegs do not reach the end of the tail.

TylerGraden
Spotted by
TylerGraden

Delaware, USA

Spotted on May 18, 2014
Submitted on May 29, 2014

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