Scientific Name: Tringa melanoleuca

Residency:  Winters in southern Arizona.

Diet: Eats fish, insects, worms, snails and berries.

Predators: Red-tailed Hawk is a predator, may also be preyed upon by American Crow, Northern Harrier, Merlin, and Peregrine Falcon.

Nesting:  Nest is a depression in the ground. Eggs: 4 per clutch, buff with marks, 1 brood per year.

Nesting Records:

Notes: Twice the size of the Lesser Yellowlegs, will give Broken-Wing display when predators are near.

Photo: Taken at Coon Bluff on January 7, 2007.

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