Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Family: Sandpipers and allies
Lesser Yellowlegs is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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They can feed themselves upon departure from the nest.
Lesser yellowlegs, when defending their nests and young from predators, will show aggression and fight with invaders, including joining together to fight predators.
Nesting lesser yellowlegs are very reluctant to leave their nests, only leaving when a predator is less than 1 metre away to fight and keep the predators away from their nest.