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)