However, closer inspection of the relative lengths of the head and bill reveals that the greater yellowlegs' bill is longer than its head whereas the lesser yellowlegs' bill is about the same length as its head:

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Least Tern

Bringing Fish to Baby

Forster's Tern

Calling

Great Blue Heron

Impales Fish

Great Horned Owls

"Peekaboo"

Item #GHOW003

Great Egret

Dangles Frog

Item# GREG007

Spotted Owl

Clutching Mouse

Item# SPOW003

Red-tailed Hawk

Carrying Squirrel

Item #RTHA001

Reddish Egret

with Fish

Item #REEG006

Canada Goslings

Exploring

Item# CAGO008

American Avocets

Foraging

Item# AMAV004

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk in Flight

Item# RTHA001

Rough-legged Hawk in Flight

Item # RLHA002

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