"I'm NOT less of a bird!"
The Lesser Yellowlegs looks a lot like the Greater Yellowlegs. They are smaller, hence the name "Lesser", but that is a difficult feature to determine when they are not side-by-side with the Greater Yellowlegs. (see collage below).
The bill is shorter, the body less robust and the coloring is in a tighter pattern in Lesser Yellowlegs.
Life Bird Photograph #222, Lesser Yellowlegs, seen along the Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island NWR, Florida. In this photo, the Yellowlegs' leg is coated with swamp muck.
"I'm NOT less of a bird!"
The Lesser Yellowlegs looks a lot like the Greater Yellowlegs. They are smaller, hence the name "Lesser", but that is a difficult feature to determine when they are not side-by-side with the Greater Yellowlegs. (see collage below).
The bill is shorter, the body less robust and the coloring is in a tighter pattern in Lesser Yellowlegs.
Life Bird Photograph #222, Lesser Yellowlegs, seen along the Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island NWR, Florida. In this photo, the Yellowlegs' leg is coated with swamp muck.