Greater Yellowlegs migrate between South and North America.
They are striking birds,
who stride across deep lagoons,
with their distinctive,
high-stepping strut.
Long legs,
enable them to hunt in deeper lagoons,
capturing the fish and insects they survive on.
Cheers to you from the stunning Yellowlegs at The Salton Sea~
Wonderful photos.
Grazie mille!
Catching the reflections is outstanding!
Thanks much! The Salton Sea is like a giant mirror.
Stunning images of the Yellowlegs! I must admit I have never heard of these birds before. I love how you were able to capture them with their mirror image in the reflection!
Thank you Peter. I wander if they admire their own reflections!
That’s a good one, Cindy!
Much appreciated!
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Thank you. I will check it out.🎃
The bird is s beautiful and moves with such grace. Your photos show this with
great effect. I saw similar but small in Florida, they were such a delight.
miriam
Thank you, you may have seen the smaller, lesser yellowleg!
These are cute. 🙂
Merci beaucoup Ranu!
Fabulous photos of these amazing birds. I love the reflections! Feel like I am there observing them firsthand. Thanks!
Much appreciated & very happy you enjoyed!
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Pictures of Greater Yellowlegs at the Salton Sea by Cindy Knoke.
Muchas gracias Patricia <3
You’re more than welcome, Cindy. <3 — Suzanne
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Great photos.
Thank you!
Great images of these Yellowlegs Cindy! I love their reflections in that gorgeous blue water.
They are quite handsome birdies aren’t they.
Lovely birds. The clarity is remarkable, and the reflections are so beautifully captured! 🙂
Very kind of you & much appreciated too!
Absolutely remarkable captures of the Yellowlegs, Cindy! I have never seen or heard of this bird. Stunning reflections.
Awwww, honored my friend & thank you.
Wonderful pictures Cindy. I love the reflections.
Very happy you enjoyed and have a wonderful weekend!
Beautiful captures Cindy, I love the reflections in the water 🙂💖 xxx
Natural surface reflections are fascinating aren’t they. So pleased you enjoyed!
Thank you Cindy.
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Tolle Aufnahmen!
Danke schoen mein lieber Freund.
I’m a somewhat new follower and this is the second post I’ve seen from the Salton Sea. Your images capture a pristine and beautiful body of water. I grew up in the Imperial Valley and remember it being the complete opposite. I sure hope for the birds the quality has improved over the past 30 years. Love your photos, birds and adventures!
A huge bond issue recently passed, allocating significant funds to rescue the sea. I notice increased efforts already underway including increased flooding of nearby ponds where these photos were taken and increased diking. I plan to photo document the changes as they are made. It is amazing isn’t it, how this massive, polluted body of water can look so beautiful on the surface and support such an array of amazing life. I was following fresh tracks of bob-cat, mountain lion, coyotes and raccoon, and passing lots of recent kills. I might have been intimidated me were it not for all the amazing birds!
This a beautiful series of the birds and their reflections, Cindy. Well done!
Muchas gracias mi amiga.
The reflections are astonishing. How wonderful!
Very happy you enjoyed them & cheers to you!
Great pix. Worthy of reflection upon.
Clever man!
They are amazing. I am wonder how they travel across the big Atlantic ocean. Awesome pictures!
Bird migration is a miracle no one understands. Happy Saturday my friend!
Wonderful reflection, Cindy!
Thanks much Susan.
Beautiful photos! The birds have such long beaks!
Yes, it helps them burrow deep in the mud for tasty bugs.
Lovely pics.
Grazie!
Time and time again you come up with marvellous bird photographs – these reflections are superb
Ahhh, I am honored. Thank you sincerely.
Beautiful photos, Cindy. Two for the price of one with the reflections.
It is fun to reflect reflections and I am happy you enjoyed the 2 4 1 deal!
Love the double reflections in these images – they’re wonderful!
Cheers to you too, Cindy. I love all the reflections. Wonderful images. Hugs on the wing.
I’m loving the reflection/mirror image effect on the pictures 💕
I wish I had gorgeous long legs like that! Of course, if they were yellow, it would restrict my wardrobe choices in regards to colour!
Gorgeous shots of a beautiful bird, thank you, Cindy! ❦
These “reflective” photos are wonderful. 🙂
These photos are just incredible. i’m in awe.
You did well to capture them in flat reflective water (and of course the sky is always blue and clear in California!) What family do these birds belong to? Who are their nearest relatives? They seem like oversized versions of plovers which are so plentiful on east coast beaches.
Amazing photos. And the reflections!
Thank you. Those birdies would make narcissus jealous!
I agree!
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Neat, Cindy. Reflection shots to die for. 🙂 –Curt
Beautiful! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen yellowlegs. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Thank you more for appreciating them.
What amazing photos! I say that a lot around here, but it’s true.
Awww, you are so nice, and so appreciated <3
Great series of photos. The beaks on these birds almost look out of proportion to their bodies, but I guess that enables them to dig deep into the seabed for tasty morsels to eat.
Long legs and long bills keep them above the muck!
I love the shots of them looking down. It’s like they’re kissing their reflection!
Exactly, narcissus of the avian sort!
How true!! haha!
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Neat photos Cindy, great reflections.
Leslie
Muchas gracias amiga mia <3
De nada, Cindy.
Leslie 😉
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FANTASTIC COLOURS CINDY, THANKS FOR SHARING, CHINA
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I am touched by your thoughtfulness. Thank you & cheers too.
Beautiful shots.
Thank you Emma.
The reflections, of course, are just wonderful! 🙂
Awwww, much appreciated!
Brilliant photos, reflecting an upside down world !
Ahhhh, love this concept, a topsy-turvy world, where up might actually be down, depending on your perspective.
Terrific shots, Cindy. These are such rewarding birds to watch. We get both greater & lesser on Abaco (not always easy to distinguish unless seen together!). RH
Some birds are nearly impossible to distinguish.
This series of reflections is such a treat! I love all the poses!😊
I wonder if the birdies see how beautiful they are!
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I ditto what everyone else said. Amazing Reflections…
Very pleased you enjoyed & thank you~
Cute little buggers! May we all find our groove and strut our stuff! 🙂
Exactly, while refusing to be drawn into the muck!
LOL!
Great photos Cindy!
Thank you very much.
Wow
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Oh, my, aren’t these amazing birdies?!? And I do love the way you’ve photographed both their top half and the undersides!
Thanks, they are cute from all angles aren’t they!
Outstanding photos
Honored, thank you.
Wonderful pictures. They seem to be walking on waters.
Yes, amazing isn’t it <3
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Muchos gracias mi amigo!
My black kitty would probably do that too. 🙂
Beware with the cat…
Indeed! He stays indoors.
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Pristine and stunning. Thank you Cindy 💕
Ahh, thank you more sweet person <3
Fabulous photos!
Alison
Danke Schoen Alison <3
Heel mooi en vooral de weerspiegeling in het water is goed genomen Top.
Bedankt en ik ben heel blij dat je genoten hebt!
They are striking
Grazie Lyn!
Love those reflections!
I hope the birdies see how pretty they are!
Beautiful shots! What’s the demeanor of the gulls like?
They are sweet and peaceful waders. The flock together and don’t seem to squabble.
Beautiful creatures and love the shadow reflection of them on the water. 🙂
I wonder if the birdies enjoy looking at themselves…..
I’m sure they do. 😉
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Dear Cindy,
shurely every visiter can feel the kindness of the person that is blogging here. I sometimes wonder, how even shy animals seem to trust you, that you can come near and shoot these amazing photos. At the holler must be a spirit of freedom as well. Sometimes I think I can breathe the wind of there. Peace and happiness for you every day and thanks for sharing a part of your life! 💗
Meeting people like you is the reason I truly love blogging. Kind souls find, and resonate with each other here, and it is a most wonderful ongoing gift in my life. You words touched my heart and I thank you sincerely. Be well my friend <3
Dear Cindy,
thank you so much for your nice words, I`m blessed by your amazing fine character and the love you give to the world by sharing the beautiful parts of your life. I hope, you are always protected and never run out of wonderful things to experiance and catch in pictures with your camera. Looking forward to see your next upcoming photos and the spirit behind the articles. 😍 Warm greetings always! 💗
Love and friendship back you, and gratitude too! <3
Seeing them mirrored is quite striking! Wonderful photos.
BOO to you & Happiest Halloween my friend!
Thank you and right back at you. 😉
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Oh, Cindy, they are beautiful, so graceful. xxx
So very pleased you enjoyed them & cheers to you Adele~
Magical photographs!
So kind & so appreciated!
I love how you captured not only these birds, but also in one photo the reflection of the bird in wáter. Quite amazing really.
Thank you Charly & be well my friend.
I love the reflections, it adds a lot to the experience.
Very happy that you do & thank you!
My pleasure 🙂
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Du bist ein schöner Freund, mein Freund! <3
wünsche dir gute Erholung am Wochenende
Frohe Wochenende mein lieber Freund <3
I have never heard of these birds. They are stunning. I too love the reflections. And their yellow legs. <3 Just amazing.
Hugs to you Nancy & Happy Halloween!
Wonderful images 🐤
Gorgeous photos! Well taken and beautiful
Ahhhh, thank you <3
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Love how you captured the mirror effect.
Glad you do & thank you!
Never heard of them, they are elegant. You take beautiful photos!
Great picture of a stunning bird 🙂
Thank you.
improbable dialogues? 😉
Undoubtedly!
So cute! Wonderful pictures!
Amazing reflections Cindy!! What time of day– what kind of light were you using?? Moe of you beautiful work… xox
It was not optimal sun because it was afternoon and I was often forced to shoot into the sun to get images of the bird. The sea is forgiving though because of all the reflective surfaces.
That’s it. The reflections were so vivid and beautiful! You home for Thanksgiving Cindy?? Are you the cook? xox
Affirmative X2! Looking forward to the cooking and the eating. Happy Thanksgiving to you sweet lady <3
Great pictures of picky eaters.
Thank you & they do pick!
Interesting, I have been there several times throughout the years but the last time was in 2013, it does have its own beauty. I am going to reblog this for you Ms. Cindy.
It is impressive that you can see the beauty of the Salton Sea despite it’s so obvious ugliness. For me it is a sort of encapsulation of human perfidy. First we inadvertently create an artificial sea, then we take financial advantage of the mistake, and sell properties and Hollywood on the whole scheme, then we inadvertently massively pollute it with agricultural teratogens, so it sits like this disastrous chemical stew, harming every human who lives around it.
And then, things change. Birds bring the change. Millions of them winter here from all over the western hemisphere. Birds don’t live so long, so they are a bit more impervious to human created horrible carcinogens.
And whose tracks do I follow every time I am here now?
Coyotes, cougars, raccoons, and foxes, hunting the birds. These mammalian predators also have short life spans, which gives them resilience to human created environmental horror.
I have been regularly visiting here since I was a child.
First it was a Hollywood promoted resort.
Then it was a post apocalyptic human-killing wasteland.
Then the birds took charge.
The place is emblematic for me, about us.
And the people, and the children who live there?
The ones with out a lot of options?
What do you think happens to them?
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Fascinating birds. Lovely photos. I like the reflections 🙂
Thank you and I hope the birdies see how pretty they are!
I hope so too. They’re worth the beauty 🙂
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Hi Cindy.
First and foremost, thank you for always stopping by my blog.
I love your photos. So vibrant and beautiful.
Stopping by your blog is selfish on my part. You are fascinating person and I am interested in your blog.
Thank you so much for your kind words. This means a lot. x
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