Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs

Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) - By: Mark H. Vance - Be sure to check out all of Mark's bird videos at / markinsrq5 Please subscribe if you like birds, many more great videos to come! Thanks
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Sarasota, Fl 34233
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[@margaritaviso6124]

Beautiful birds, and very interesting to see the great and de lesser togheter.

[@MarkVanceinSRQ]

It's easy to see the difference when these birds are together. #birds #birdloversworldwide #birdingflorida #birdpoker

[@MarkVanceinSRQ]

Thanks I was lucky they were both there.

[@MarkVanceinSRQ]

Thanks so much!

[@MarkVanceinSRQ]

Thanks!

[@barbarasallee400]

This is very helpful, Mark. Wish they would always show up together as the difference is obvious then.

[@18thcenturygeneral]

Hi, great footage! at 0:58 the black & white birds are those Avocets & Stilts?

[@MarkVanceinSRQ]

Yes you are right.

[@my35Xvision]

Beautiful captures, as always, Mark! Love their calls.
Have a great days in nature, my friend! :)

[@birdfanboi]

Cool video

[@MarkVanceinSRQ]

This was Upper Myakka Lake. The end of the video always says when and where.

[@MrRonjax]

Very nice Mark, I've seen several Lessers on this side of the Atlantic but never a Greater.
Two Lessers once spent a whole winter and spring near where I live, hopes they may have bred but not actually interested in each other. Maybe same sex or siblings. What kit were you using? I'm changing from my XLH1, Ron

[@ceherzog1]

Nice!
Cockroach Bay?

[@pukulu]

Lesser yellowlegs show up once in awhile in Southern California. Supposedly they are closely related to willets. I don't believe that I've ever seen a greater yellowlegs here in Laguna Beach.

[@MarkVanceinSRQ]

Hard to tell apart unless they are together. Best way is if the bill is longer than the head it should be a greater.

[@pukulu]

I'm a novice at general water bird identification, although I'm not bad at identifying the shorebirds seen in Laguna Beach. There are quite a few, including oystercatchers, which are not common at all except in marine environments. Many of the other shorebirds I regularly see can also be seen in fresh water environments, particularly those with bills long enough to penetrate a ways into mud.