Tringa flavipes
Lesser Yellowlegs have gray and black mottled upperparts, white underparts with streaked upper breasts and sides, their heads, breasts and necks are streaked black. Their bills are straight and dark gray, legs are long and bright yellow.
It is not too soon to be on the lookout for Lesser Yellowlegs migrating through northern Utah, as shorebird migration can start as early as July.
On Monday, I photographed both Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs foraging in a shallow duckweed-covered pond at Farmington Bay WMA early in the morning.
Monday morning I was delighted to find and photograph a couple of Lesser Yellowlegs foraging and moving around a pond covered in duckweed at Farmington Bay WMA.