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n. - Either of two North American shorebird named for one of distinctive features.

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  • Mark Peck said that species nesting away from the Hudson Bay Coast in boreal bogs and fens such as yellowlegs should not be severely impacted because much of the freeze...
  • A second possibility would be a large shorebird, like a yellowlegs, which are migrating right now.
  • Farther down, where freshwater met salt, a dozen little estuaries nourished tall stands of marsh grass and dozens of species of wildfowl, from the elegant Canada geese to...
  • As they eased into small inlets, blue herons, egrets and yellowlegs took flight.
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