Michael Quinton / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) stretching wings on perch, Alaska

Murray Cooper / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) reflected in water, Amazon, Ecuador

Michael Quinton / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) wading, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) stretching wings, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), Alaska

Michael Quinton / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) foraging, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) pair mating, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) foraging, Alaska

Robin Chittenden / Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), wading in shallow water during its first winter, Thornham, Norfolk, UK.

Robin Chittenden / Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), walking alone during its first winter, Thornham, Norfolk, UK. first winter plumage

Tim Laman / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) group at high tide, one landing, Eco Pond, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA.

Donald M. Jones / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) in spring plumage wading in lake, central Montana

David Kjaer / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) on shore in spring plumage, Texas, USA

Scott Leslie / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), Belleisle Marsh, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lesser yellowlegs {Tringa flavipes} winter plumage, Muscat, Oman

Rolf Nussbaumer / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) running through shallow water, Bolivar Flats, Texas, USA. May 2005

Tom Vezo / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) portrait, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

David Welling / Lesser Yellowlegs {Tringa flavipes} at water, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Lesser yellowleg {Tringa flavipes} adult bathing in water, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA.

LYNN M. STONE / Lesser yellowlegs on one leg {Tringa flavipes} Florida, USA.

Tim Fitzharris / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) adult standing in placid water, North America

Mike Wilkes / Lesser yellowlegs wading in water, Texas, USA.

Nigel Bean / Lesser yellow legs in Buccoo Marsh, Tobago.

Nigel Bean / Lesser yellow legs in Buccoo Marsh. Tobago.

Scott Leslie / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) standing beside Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca), Amherst Point Federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), Amherst Point Federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nova Scotia, Canada

Tom Vezo / Five Lesser yellowlegs on floating log {Tringa flavipes} Bosque del Apache NM USA