Lesser Yellowlegs “AK” foraging for aquatic insects
Detailed Description
Lesser Yellowlegs typically consume insects, such as flies, beetles, and mayflies), small fish, crustaceans, aquatic worms, mollusks, spiders, and seeds. Lesser Yellowlegs are active foragers and are commonly observed walking rapidly through shallow wetlands while pursuing prey. Adult Lesser Yellowlegs, “AK” was banded by trained ornithologists as part of a tracking study to determine movements of these shorebirds in Alaska and beyond.
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Permission via email for USGS to use photos taken by Laura McDuffie while an employee of USFWS Migratory Bird Management. Photos may be used in public data releases, multimedia pages, webpages, and social media.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tracking Data for Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Available here are tracking data of Lesser Yellowlegs ( Tringa flavipes ). These data were collected to inform the spatiotemporal migratory patterns of Lesser Yellowlegs between subarctic breeding areas in Alaska and Canada and wintering areas in South America, the Caribbean, Central America, and the contiguous United States.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tracking Data for Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Available here are tracking data of Lesser Yellowlegs ( Tringa flavipes ). These data were collected to inform the spatiotemporal migratory patterns of Lesser Yellowlegs between subarctic breeding areas in Alaska and Canada and wintering areas in South America, the Caribbean, Central America, and the contiguous United States.