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Fig. 1. Lesser Yellowlegs. Gray-brown winter (basic) plumage with pale zigzag margins. Florida. Winter.
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Fig. 2. Lesser Yellowlegs. Winter (basic) plumage. Note conspicuous eye ring, faintly marked flanks. Florida. Winter.
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Fig.3. Lesser Yellowlegs in flight. Spring (alternate) plumage. Note lack of wing stripe. Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, TX. 12 April 2017.
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Fig. 4. Lesser Yellowlegs. Winter (basic) molting to spring (alternate) plumage. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ. 4 May 2023.
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Fig. 5. Lesser Yellowlegs. Spring (alternate) plumage. Hornsby Bend, Austin, TX. 21 April 2014.
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Fig. 6. Lesser Yellowlegs are notoriously pugnacious fighters. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ. 26 April 2023.
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Fig. 7. Lesser Yellowlegs. Summer (alternate) beginning molt to winter (basic) plumage. Arlington Reservoir, Lexington, MA. 8 October 2021.
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Fig. 8. Lesser Yellowlegs. Spotted brown juvenile plumage. Quincy, MA. 25 August 2015.
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Fig. 9. Comparison of Lesser Yellowlegs and Greater Yellowlegs. Winter (basic) plumage. Cape May, NJ. 2021.
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Fig. 10. Greater Yellowlegs (GRYE), Lesser Yellowlegs (LEYE), and dowitchers. Note slightly more upright stance of GRYE. Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, MA. 14 September 2022.
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Fig. 11. Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitcher. Quincy, MA. 25 August 2015.
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Fig. 12. Comparison of Lesser Yellowlegs and Stilt Sandpipers. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ. 26 April 2023.
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Fig. 1. Lesser Yellowlegs. Gray-brown winter (basic) plumage with pale zigzag margins. Florida. Winter.
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Fig. 2. Lesser Yellowlegs. Winter (basic) plumage. Note conspicuous eye ring, faintly marked flanks. Florida. Winter.
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Fig.3. Lesser Yellowlegs in flight. Spring (alternate) plumage. Note lack of wing stripe. Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, TX. 12 April 2017.
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Fig. 4. Lesser Yellowlegs. Winter (basic) molting to spring (alternate) plumage. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ. 4 May 2023.
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Fig. 5. Lesser Yellowlegs. Spring (alternate) plumage. Hornsby Bend, Austin, TX. 21 April 2014.
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Fig. 6. Lesser Yellowlegs are notoriously pugnacious fighters. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ. 26 April 2023.
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Fig. 7. Lesser Yellowlegs. Summer (alternate) beginning molt to winter (basic) plumage. Arlington Reservoir, Lexington, MA. 8 October 2021.
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Fig. 8. Lesser Yellowlegs. Spotted brown juvenile plumage. Quincy, MA. 25 August 2015.
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Fig. 9. Comparison of Lesser Yellowlegs and Greater Yellowlegs. Winter (basic) plumage. Cape May, NJ. 2021.
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Fig. 10. Greater Yellowlegs (GRYE), Lesser Yellowlegs (LEYE), and dowitchers. Note slightly more upright stance of GRYE. Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, MA. 14 September 2022.
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Fig. 11. Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitcher. Quincy, MA. 25 August 2015.
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Fig. 12. Comparison of Lesser Yellowlegs and Stilt Sandpipers. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, NJ. 26 April 2023.