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Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
(L 14" WS 28 Wt 6 oz)
Merritt Island Nat’l
Wildlife Refuge
08Feb2012
Winters in Alaska and north
Canada...summers in far south
U.S., Mexico and all So Amer.
Note: slight
upturned bill and
(duh) yellowlegs.
When you have yellow legs
nothing is demanded of you
except to be admired.
You move through the world
on crocus-colored limbs.
(Beth Morris)
 
Tringa is a thrush-sized waterbird
mentioned by Aristotle; melana-
leuca is Greek for black white.
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