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Water Birds (not fowl) Kelly Reynolds Water Birds (not fowl) Kelly Reynolds

Greater Yellowlegs

Greater Yellowlegs were out and about feeding after a big downpour.

Mackay Island Wildlife Refuge located on the VA/NC border south of Sandbridge VA

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Greater Yellowlegs - Lifer

Taken at a small swamp area outside Mathews VA, the Greater Yellowlegs was one of my several “lifers” on Friday.  The Greater Yellowlegs breed in the northern areas of Canada and migrate down to southern points throughout the North and Mid-atlantic coasts.  Sadly according to Audubon, the species has a high vulnerability rate due to climate changes throughout its breeding and migration routes.

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