note that this image was made by Peter Burke. It is for a book project, and not the same image as that from David Sibley.

Yes. I realize that. Look up the article i mentioned where Sibly illustrates that the bill length of the lesser and greater yellowlegs can overlap due to individual variation. @@birdingyourbestlife6877

thanks! I am glad you found it useful.

Great to see a Western Gull expert looking in here! Males vs females when they are together I can manage, but in a flock, I don't have much confidence. Point taken on the hatching in June!

One more thing, I am rewriting the species account, would you mind if I added a link to your site? You are also an expert

@@raymondpierotti8414 That would be fantastic. I am lucky to live where I can see these banded WEGU, if the video can help others understand the process of ageing. Well, the more the merrier! Thanks.

Fantastic!

Thanks!

Hi there. The implant has been great. The sound you get is simple, mechanical sounding, and lacks richness. However, your brain patches it together pretty well and I now can hear where sound is coming from. It is not as acute to location as before, and helps if it is a loud sound, but I now shift my head when a sound comes in, and my overall hearing abilities in the field are much better. I still identify birds with my good ear, and that means that they have to be nearer than pre- hearing loss, but it works. The sound is normal, the brain puts it all together amazingly well after a few months of re-wiring of your neural networks. Overall my hearing is now 3-D rather than 2-D, and when I take off the implant, it radically changes how I hear. Like being underwater vs out in the world. It has limitations, but it has been great. I recovered about 30% of speach recognition in difficult situations (background sounds/talking), and adjust where I sit at restaurants and bars, but have no problem there. My tinnitus down as well, it is still there, but not as bad as before.

I would say that bill length is more important than the neck bulge. Is the photo somewhere?

thanks

Thanks Dan! I was contemplating that Small-billed also tends to have a more extensive yellow wash to the base of the bill, extending to gape. Giving them a "juvie" look. Check out if this is something that is somewhat reliable, or at least a tendency?

Good point Dan. This is one of the things that I find easier to use in the field when the birds overlap and both are expected. I don't know if it's really reliable but once I started noticing it, it is as evident as the crest to my eye, and for birds seen from below, it's often the first clue I get.

which brings up the question, why are they called Cochlearius?

Alls I'm saying is, be sure they're not installing Boat-bills im your ear!

Thank you!

Thanks so much!

The software is called Loom. Very easy to use.

It internally kills me everyday "It's a wegu!" "no look at the head streaks, gwgu x wegu" "no! that is that weird time where wegu's gets streaks even when they're adults" "actually what if it is a backcross" "wtf?!"