[Endangered] This bulky stork is the largest bird on the island. Rather rare resident in wetlands of forested areas in dry lowlands. Looking rather ungainly and grotesque with its bare face, Lesser Adjutant is unlikely to be confused with any other stork. The lesser adjutant stalks around wetlands feeding mainly on fish, frogs, reptiles, large invertebrates, rodents, small mammals and rarely carrion.

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Lesser Kestrel (male) Doñana National Park Southern Spain (Phil Gower bird photography tours)

I captured this Lesser Scaup at Lake Apopka in Orange County, Florida.

Still getting used to flight shots and tracking with the mirrorless but I was quite please with this one.

Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) in bloom.

Ziarnopłon wiosenny (Ficaria verna) w rozkwicie.

Lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) perched on a branch.

Piegża (Curruca curruca) siedząca na gałęzi.

We've come to that time of year in northern California when, if you want to see a Lesser Goldfinch, you're going to need my archives. I have all makes and models: blurred, sharp, noisy, even blanks where a male Lesser was too busy fighting with an Anna's Hummingbird over a thistle (must have been for nesting materials).

I remember taking this picture. We were only two years into our latest drought, but the temperatures were 100-110 off-and-on but mostly on for our four-month summer.

This tiny (3.5") bird is a resident, and can have three broods a year. And yet, the Lesser is dependent on Thistle when it forms and "sets" seeds. The seeds are carried by wind at the end of the downy "parachute" driving the process. Lesser Goldfinches rely for three months on a supply of thistle seed. Since they are the last of the songbirds to nest, they rely on the thistle for thistledown to cushion the eggs and babies once hatched.

I admit to some confusion. Residents that have three broods and are not migrants ... so where are they from October through April?

The Lesser Yellowlegs occurs in a wide variety of wetland habitats in migration and winter, from tidal flats to sewage ponds to flooded fields. They are able to use wetlands with taller vegetation than other shorebirds can use, owing to their larger size. In summer, they breed throughout the boreal zone in boggy sloughs with small wooded islands and coniferous forests with wet clearings.

Thailand, Phuket.

RSPB Lodmoor, Weymouth.

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Chordeiles acutipennis

The last light of the day. Jetty Park, Port Canaveral, Florida

Lesser Goldfinch at Davis Mountains State Park near Fort Davis, Texas.

Lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) perched on a hazel tree branch.

Piegża (Currucs curruca) siedząca na leszczynowej gałązce.

Lesser goldfinch

Lesser purple emperor (Apatura ilia) butterfly perched on ground.

Mieniak strużnik (Apatura ilia) siedzący na ziemi.

East Sussex

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Oldmoor

I have trouble IDing Greater vs Lesser Scaup. Any help would be appreciated. Photo taken at Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina.

Blashford Lakes, Hampshire

Lesser Anteater, Suriname.

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The difference between male and female lesser stag beetle is not obvious. We've been staring at the images for some time. We've put the beetles near the hedge of the vegetable garden. We found several lesser stag beetles this year, and several greater stag beetles. Of one of the lesser stag beetles, I have only a mobile phone-shot. Lesser stag beetles are smaller than greater stag beetles. That's probably the easy way to tell them apart.

Avila Beach, CA, USA

Sylvia curruca

not sure on ID any ideas?

Lesser Goldfinch

Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) flower in full bloom.

Kwiat ziarnopłonu wiosennego (Ficaria verna) w pełni rozkwitu.

Laramie Wyoming

A male Lesser Scaup in Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake.

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At home

Spinus psaltria,

Paso Robles, California

Cindy McIntyre allowed us into her yard to watch her feeders where Red Crossbills had been the day before. No crossbills for us, just familar birds.

We came across this Lesser Mouse-deer on a night drive in Deramakot. It's recorded as being the smallest known hoofed mammal weighing in at 2kg.

It's difficult from this shot to appreciate how small it is as it looks to be coming out of thick jungle but it's not this is a roadside verge.

Lesser Yellowlegs at Bombay Hook NWR

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A male Lesser Scaup swimming around Piper Spit at Burnaby Lake.

Lesser Yellowlegs at Prime Hook NWR, Delaware.

Lesser Yellowlegs / tringa flavipes. Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire. 23/03/24. * Day 187

I'm nearly always late to the party when a special bird turns up somewhere ... and this scarce vagrant had arrived at Frampton about SIX MONTHS previously!!! So, I was delighted it had stayed put and more so, that it offered excellent views on my two visits in March. By that time it had moulted into almost complete fresh plumage and looked extremely smart. I had seen one in the UK many years ago but it wasn't a patch on this dainty beauty.

Here it is shown taking a brief pause during feeding when something caught its attention. The breeze had just lifted the feathers up at the back of its head.

BEST VIEWED LARGE.