High Island, Texas - April 2008

Waders : page 6

The top two images of Greater Yellowlegs are from Retillion Road, the access road down to Bolivar Flats. Over a very high tide period lots of waders were pushed further up to towards the road and both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs were in a roadside flooded ditch but mere feet away; I just couldn't get them together in the same frame.

The third image is from the flooded fields east of Winnie

Both of the above images of Lesser Yellowlegs are from the ditch along Retillion Rd

The car park to the east of Rollover pass on the bay side was productive for waders over several high tides with Willets; American Golden Plover and this Lesser Yellowlegs being encountered during several visits.

One of the few comparison shots I was able to obtain; it is slightly disappointing that the Greater Yellowlegs (left) was not out of the water but you get an idea of differences in size and structure of these once considered difficult to ID species. These birds were at the flooded fields east of Winnie.

Black-necked Stilt

Killdeer

Semipalmated Sandpiper

American Oystercatcher

Hudsonian Whimbrel

Western Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Sanderling

Long-billed Curlew

American Golden Plover