TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Lesser Yellowlegs "Trio" Lesser Yellowlegs- Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs- Tringa flavipes, Sandpipers-Family Scolopacidae. First Yellowlegs of the year for me. These birds were feeding on the mudflats in Spring Valley Nature area in SW Ohio on a beautiful sunny, mid-April day. (Photo: April 18, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM, 1.4x teleconverter EF ll lens, manual focus) Family Scolopacidae: "Small to medium sized waders. Bills more slender than plovers. About 87 species worldwide. Note bright yellow legs. These birds on a short "stopover" on their way to Canada."

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.