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planobirder
03-12-2007, 06:16 AM
....from Birdforum:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=830490#post830490
Perry
03-12-2007, 09:16 AM
If you get a reply that says where they were found, please let us know.
Maestro
03-12-2007, 10:05 AM
Did I unknowingly take a picture of one. I found this "shore bird" in a shallow pond in Ellis County just south of Midlothian. I think it may be a Greater Yellowlegs Willet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Shore_bird.jpg
jpeter
03-12-2007, 08:48 PM
I think it may be a Greater Yellowlegs Willet.



Ha!.

Willets have dark gray legs, so we can safely say Greater Yellowlegs in this case.

Willets in Dallas are highly unusual. I can't ever recall seeing one in migration.
planobirder
03-14-2007, 01:16 PM
oops it seems they were in fact, pictures from two years ago! he said it was on Apr. 26th 2005. He said he "took it at a local park in Carrollton, this park has relatively large, shallow lake that attracts a wide variety of waterfowl." i will try to get him to be more specific.