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    • Tringa melanoleuca
  • French
    • grand chevalier
  • English
    • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Spanish
    • Patamarilla mayor

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Recent observations

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What

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Observer

carolynsones

Date

May 13, 2013

Place

Fourth Cliff, North River, Scituate (Google, OSM)

Photos

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What

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Observer

velizo

Date

May 11, 2013

Photos

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What

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Observer

tessaf

Date

May 11, 2013 11:24 AM PDT

Description

One of these guys flew in at the marshy area where the dowitchers and the phalaropes were hanging around. There was a debate among our group about whether it was a lesser or greater yellowlegs, but we eventually decided on greater because of the bird's beak size. This guy is really hard to see in the picture. He's in the very center and his gray body just barely stands out against the water.

Photos

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What

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Observer

dpom

Date

Dec 11, 2011

Photos

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What

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Observer

shirley

Date

May 3, 2013 02:03 PM EDT

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What

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Observer

smapowell

Date

May 4, 2013 08:57 AM EDT

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What

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Observer

yasingi

Date

May 1, 2013

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What

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Observer

steven_bach

Date

Dec 2, 2012 07:39 PM CST

Photos

No photos

What

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Observer

greglasley

Date

Oct 16, 1977

Description

This record gleaned from field journals I kept between 1968 and 2002. The first 6500+ records I posted on iNat had photo documentation, but now I am posting these records which do not have photos just to provide the data point for the species, date, and location as best as I can for the historical record. I will also add a number to represent the approximate number of individuals of this species I recorded on the given day if more than one.

Photos

No photos

What

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Observer

greglasley

Date

Oct 14, 1977

Description

This record gleaned from field journals I kept between 1968 and 2002. The first 6500+ records I posted on iNat had photo documentation, but now I am posting these records which do not have photos just to provide the data point for the species, date, and location as best as I can for the historical record. I will also add a number to represent the approximate number of individuals of this species I recorded on the given day if more than one.

Photos

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What

Tringa

Observer

naturelady

Date

Apr 7, 2013

Description

These were making the triple call typical of Greater Yellowlegs, but I think Lesser sometimes can do triplets, too. (How many of my photos are of bird butts as they fly away?!)

Photos

No photos

What

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Observer

dreierj

Date

Apr 12, 2013
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