10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YELLOWLEGS»
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yellowlegs in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
yellowlegs and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta: A Second Look
Photo: Gerald Romanchuk NESTING The Lesser Yellowlegs breeds in the Boreal
Forest, Foothills, Parkland, and Rocky Mountain Natural Regions in Alberta. No
change in distribution was observed between Atlas 1 and Atlas 2 for this species
...
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Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A ...
A more active, angry, and aggressive feeder than Lesser Yellowlegs. Walks with
longer strides— a Tyrannosaurus Rex of a shorebird. Greater Yellowlegs usually
hunts with the head up, visually searching for prey. It runs to catch fish and other
...
Plover, snipe, yellowlegs. Sept. 1-Dec. 16. Wild fowl, Nov. 1-Feh. 1. Bag limit :
marsh hens. 15 a day. Northampton. Deer, Sept. 15-Feh. 1. Quail (partridge). Nov
. 15-Mch. 1. Wild turkey, Nov. 1-Mch. 1. Dove. Nov. 1-Feh. 15. Woodcock, Nov.
North Carolina. Legislative Reference Librarian, 1915
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Amendments to Revisal of 1905 enacted by the General ...
1 ; black-bellied and golden plover, yellowlegs, Sept. 1-Dec. 16 ; ducks, geese,
Wilson snipe, Nov. 1-Feb. 1. Nonresident license $10.50. Graham. Deer, males
only, Oct. 1-Dec. 1; wild turkey, pheasant, quail, Nov. 1- Mar. 1 ; woodcock, Nov.
North Carolina, North Carolina Historical Commission, 1917
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Birds of the Yukon Territory
Breeding Spring Summer Fall Winter Nfil'u'l0l'I1 Central Southern uncommon
uncommon rare Distribution: The Greater Yellowlegs is rare to uncommon in
southern parts of southern Yukon, where it has been noted from west of the
Donjek ...
Edited by Pamela H. Sinclair, Wendy A. Nixon, Cameron D. Eckert, and Nancy L. Hughes, Pamela H. Sinclair, Wendy A. Nixon, 2011
When the two species are seen together, Lesser Yellowlegs appear about two-
thirds the size of the Greater Yellowlegs. The finer distinctions between the two
species require close observation. The Greater Yellowlegs has a longer and
stouter ...
William H. Turcotte, David L. Watts, 1999
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Birds of Field and Shore: Grassland and Shoreline Birds of ...
Greater. Yellowlegs. (Tringa. melanoleuca). Recognize this shorebird by its
relatively large size (about 14 inches long); its thick-jointed, bright yellow legs; its
mottled gray-brown back and wings; its whitish underparts quite heavily streaked
and ...
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Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast
Our largest accumulations of yellowlegs occur in recently flooded rice fields,
particularly those where the rice has yet to grow so high as to obscure the soil.
Fall migrants appear as early as the last few days ofJun, with bimodal fall
movement ...
Ted Eubanks, Robert A. Behrstock, Ron J. Weeks, 2006
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The Guide to Colorado Birds
LESSER YELLOWLEGS Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs
Field ID: The two species of yellowlegs are quite similar — long-legged wading
birds with dark, streaked backs, necks, and heads; whitish underparts; yellow or ...
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The Armchair Birder Goes Coastal: The Secret Lives of Birds ...
Tringa melanoleuca and Tringa flavipes Carrabelle Beach, along the Florida
panhandle, early March: “Yellowlegs, probably lesser. Feeding in shallow water
frenziedly. Running and plungingheadandchest intothewaterwhile legsstill ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YELLOWLEGS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
yellowlegs is used in the context of the following news items.
Bird Lore: Greater Yellowlegs
The Greater Yellowlegs is a wading shorebird of freshwater ponds and tidal marshes that winters along the coastal United States. It breeds in muskeg and bogs ... «My Edmonds News, Aug 15»
It's shorebird season
Common shorebirds of summer in Newfoundland and Labrador are the spotted sandpiper, greater yellowlegs and snipe. These three species nest widely in the ... «The Telegram, Jul 15»
Birds on the move as fall migration gets underway
An early morning visit on July 21 was very productive with a good variety of shorebirds including one Short-billed Dowitcher, nine Lesser Yellowlegs, seven ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
Birding ain't easy
It's easy to tell the size difference between a greater yellowlegs and a lesser yellowlegs when they stand side by side. But that lone individual on the other side of ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
Birding with Don Reimer: Tundra Travelers-
Mid-size shorebirds include Black-Bellied Plovers, two species of yellowlegs and the dowitchers. Shape and behavioral characteristics can be useful here to ... «Freepress Online, Jul 15»
Outdoors Happenings: July 21, 2015
His list of shorebirds included killdeer, spotted sandpiper (including a fuzzy chick), greater yellowlegs, lesser yellowlegs, least sandpiper, western sandpiper and ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»
Plum Island's good birds and annoying flies
Short-billed dowitchers, greater and lesser yellowlegs, least and semipalmated sandpipers were all feeding on the exposed mud flats of the pool. A juvenile ... «The Daily News of Newburyport, Jul 15»
Bird sightings
Expected shorebird migrants include solitary sandpipers, lesser yellowlegs, Hudsonian godwits, least and semipalmated sandpipers, and short-billed ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
Bringing up baby: The fledging continues
The first southbound shorebirds were reported on June 30 at St.Isidore, an adult Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs. At Shirley's Bay an adult Lesser ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
Shorebird migration has begun, birder says
A white-and-brown American avocet, foreground, is surrounded by dowitchers and yellowlegs Sept. 28 at Port Susan Bay, Wash. (Associated Press / The ... «The Spokesman Review, Jun 15»
