| Common Name: | Yellowlegs, Greater | | Scientific Name: | Tringa melanoleuca | | Family: | Scolopacidae (Sandpipers) | | Area: | Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge | | Date: | August 22, 2014 | 
This is a common wading bird with long yellow-orange legs. It has a fairly long bill with a slight up-turn. Greater Yellowlegs are primarily a migrating species in Oregon, breeding further north in the summer, and wintering further south in the winter. | 
Gibson Creek - Salem, Oregon - - - January 12, 2014 | 
Ona Beach State Park, Oregon - - -September 2, 2013 | | Reference: | Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America by Kaufman / National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America |
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