These long-legged birds look similar but there are subtle differences to look for. Here's how to distinguish a greater vs ...

I have been a bird watcher for many years but am not so sure if I have ever seen a lesser yellowlegs. I realize they are a little bit smaller than the greater yellowlegs, but without seeing them ...

Although it may seem like fall is a long way off, shorebirds already are landing in Texas on their southbound autumn migration. Among the first to arrive are two similar looking, sleek and long-legged ...

The lesser yellowlegs is a bird that seems to like Montana, but it is unfortunate that it does not spend much time here. Stopping on the shorelines of our rivers and lakes while migrating to its ...

For the final week of my summer vacation, I decided to make a bold move and pay a visit to one of the wonderful coastal areas of Massachusetts. Earlier in the summer I went to First Encounter Beach, ...

Shorebirds are migrating to nearby beaches, marshes, lakes and prairie wetlands from breeding grounds as far away as the Arctic. Some will stay for the winter, others will continue to Latin America.

September is a great time to be out looking for migrating shorebirds. In other parts of the country, birders might be out looking for fall warblers, or other songbirds not usually seen in their area ...

In total, 30 lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes (Charadriiformes), 24 from southwestern United States and 6 from Alaska, were examined for metazoan parasites. Ten species of helminths (4 cestodes, 4 ...

A downy woodpecker was the first bird I spotted at Leavenworth’s Waterfront Park. I might have also seen a gray catbird or a pygmy nuthatch, but because they’re both somewhat plain and drab, I didn’t ...

Here are this week’s bird sightings from the Western Voice of Audubon: An Acadian flycatcher continues down from Gate 22 of the Quabbin Reservation. Two young orchard orioles were in the East Meadows ...