Sunday, April 15, 2012

Greater or Lesser?




Not being the greatest on shorebirds, I can't decide if this is a Greater or Lesser Yellowlegs that I saw among several others in a flooded field from the Musketawa Trail near Swanson Rd. on 4/15/12.



Mike Boston

2 comments:

James Fox said...

The bill looks fairly long and slightly upturned so I would go with Greater Yellowlegs.

Andy said...

No doubt it is a Greater. Large bill, thicker at the base with a hint of upcurve. The Lesser has a relatively short, straight, thin bill.