Lesser Yellowlegs
“On September 8 a Stilt Sandpiper accompanied a small flock of Lesser Yellowlegs foraging along the Rachael Carson Reserve on Sawyer Road.”
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Sightings included Sanderlings, Semipalmated Plovers and Sandpipers, White-rumped Sandpipers, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs.
Sightings over the last two weeks included a Whimbrel, Sanderlings, Semipalmated Plovers and Sandpipers, White-rumped Sandpipers, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs.
On September 8 a Stilt Sandpiper accompanied a small flock of Lesser Yellowlegs foraging along the Rachael Carson Reserve on Sawyer Road.
In the second week of October along the Spurwink Marsh I recorded seeing a Belted Kingfisher, a first of season Northern Harrier, a single Lesser Yellowlegs, eight Great Egrets, two Great Blue Herons and one Snowy Egret.
On this same outing I also noted three Common Mergansers and four first of the season Lesser Yellowlegs.
Lastly, on September 17 along the Sawyer Road section of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge I spotted a single Stilt Sandpiper mixed in with four Lesser Yellowlegs.
After the danger had passed the stint went on wading in a shallow saltwater pool, pecking and probing for fish and plant material while being trailed by several Lesser Yellowlegs.
Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs—sometimes called “Tattlers”— sounded their alarms.
While sitting on the rocky shoreline of Pond Cove, I watched flocks of Lesser Yellowlegs working the wrack line.