Summer on the Tundra
The summer on the Tundra is intense and short, ice melts birds arrive from all over, find mates, nest, breed, flowers bloom and it is all over.
Phalaropes reverse the usual sex roles in birds with the females taking the lead. They are larger, more colorful, they go out and look for males and will leave soon after laying eggs with the males incubating and raising the young. Red-necked Phalaropes nest around arctic tundra pools and winter out at sea. During migration they pause on shallow ponds in the west and east , most apparently migrate offshore, especially in the east.
Summer on the Tundra
The summer on the Tundra is intense and short, ice melts birds arrive from all over, find mates, nest, breed, flowers bloom and it is all over.
Phalaropes reverse the usual sex roles in birds with the females taking the lead. They are larger, more colorful, they go out and look for males and will leave soon after laying eggs with the males incubating and raising the young. Red-necked Phalaropes nest around arctic tundra pools and winter out at sea. During migration they pause on shallow ponds in the west and east , most apparently migrate offshore, especially in the east.