Kevin S. Lucas
Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs 2019-08-17 ©Kevin S Lucas
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs foraging in Smartweed at Wenas Lake -- nice size and bill length comparison. Lesser Yellowlegs appears at about 0:37s.
I've put 8 trash barrels out at Wenas Lake and picked up loads of trash. If you go there, please have the decency to pick up some trash -- at least the trash at your feet. Please also have the decency to not drive out on the lakebed -- as the sign there prohibits it. Listing should stop trumping decency.
Please Follow this Code and Distribute and Teach it to Others ABA Code of Birding Ethics.
I'm really glad that most listers and bird watchers are honest, truthful, law abiding, and decent people.
Please always consider the sensitivity of birds, nearby humans, and the environment.
My original photos have embedded GPS time/date/location -- proving when & where I took the photos. I would never falsify a checklist, nor info under my photos, and never have done so. I would never cheat on my Big Day, never trick someone into helping me cheat on my Big Day, never illegally call in a Spotted Owl on my Big Day (or any other day), never trespass. Those practices would be the antithesis of my bird watching, and are clear violations of the ABA Code of Birding Ethics. I was used by Yakima County Big Day listers on May 11, 2013, and don't want others' enjoyment of birding to be harmed in the same way. If you find that you're wrong, whether in a bird identification or in your birding ethics, correct it. Apologize. Be honest about your apology.
To those of good will: Beware of being mis-lead and lied to by our county's overly competitive listers.
Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs 2019-08-17 ©Kevin S Lucas
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs foraging in Smartweed at Wenas Lake -- nice size and bill length comparison. Lesser Yellowlegs appears at about 0:37s.
I've put 8 trash barrels out at Wenas Lake and picked up loads of trash. If you go there, please have the decency to pick up some trash -- at least the trash at your feet. Please also have the decency to not drive out on the lakebed -- as the sign there prohibits it. Listing should stop trumping decency.
Please Follow this Code and Distribute and Teach it to Others ABA Code of Birding Ethics.
I'm really glad that most listers and bird watchers are honest, truthful, law abiding, and decent people.
Please always consider the sensitivity of birds, nearby humans, and the environment.
My original photos have embedded GPS time/date/location -- proving when & where I took the photos. I would never falsify a checklist, nor info under my photos, and never have done so. I would never cheat on my Big Day, never trick someone into helping me cheat on my Big Day, never illegally call in a Spotted Owl on my Big Day (or any other day), never trespass. Those practices would be the antithesis of my bird watching, and are clear violations of the ABA Code of Birding Ethics. I was used by Yakima County Big Day listers on May 11, 2013, and don't want others' enjoyment of birding to be harmed in the same way. If you find that you're wrong, whether in a bird identification or in your birding ethics, correct it. Apologize. Be honest about your apology.
To those of good will: Beware of being mis-lead and lied to by our county's overly competitive listers.