I got this video of Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs at The Celery Fields in Sarasota, Florida. The main way to tell these birds apart is to see them next to each other. The Lesser is smaller and has a shorter bill. They look like so many other wading and shore birds that it is hard to tell them all apart, you have to really study them. The water level in the pond needs to be just the right height for them to feed. They feed on fish most of the time, but will eat frogs and seeds.
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I am an award winning filmmaker. Many of my short films have been shown in film festivals all over the Untied States. Several of my bird videos have been used by the Natioanl Audubon Society and seen on TV shows in the United States and Canada.
I went to California State University, Northridge and majored in TV and film production. I grew up in Hollywood, California and made super8 films with Frank Darabont who wrote and directed "The Shawshank Redemption" and created "The Walking Dead" for TV. Also, working on the super8 movies was my friend Greg Melton who is the Production Designer on "Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.".
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