Discover Birding http://discoverbirding.com Birdwatching Tips Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:21:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Yellowlegs – Lesser Yellowlegs http://discoverbirding.com/yellowlegs-lesser-yellowlegs/ http://discoverbirding.com/yellowlegs-lesser-yellowlegs/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:09:19 +0000 discoverbirding http://discoverbirding.com/?p=75

Yellowlegs

Yellowlegs – I can remember this one!  This is an easy shorebird to identify because of the yellow legs, the vocalization and the habitat(shallow water). This photo was taken on Fish Hatchery Road, December 23, 2011 in San Marcos, Texas. These birds migrate during winter from north of the continental U.S. to the southern and western U.S. coasts and South America. There is also a Greater Yellowlegs that is larger, but once you hear the call of a Lesser Yellowlegs and a Greater Yellowlegs then it is easy to tell them apart.

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]]> http://discoverbirding.com/to-see-every-bird-on-earth/feed/ 0 Watching Birds Cedar Waxwings http://discoverbirding.com/watching-birds-cedar-waxwings/ http://discoverbirding.com/watching-birds-cedar-waxwings/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:45:12 +0000 discoverbirding http://discoverbirding.com/?p=54 In April of this year I had the pleasure of seeing a flock of cedar waxwings at the water feature in the back yard.  There were over a hundred of these outstanding looking birds in the trees above the water feature.  They were constantly going back and forth from the trees to the water feature.  As many as 15 waxwings were at the feature at one time.

Cedar waxwings got their name from the red waxy drops that are at the end of their adult secondary flight feathers.  I always look for them when I hear a very high pitched sound.  They are a simply a delight!

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