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Red-necked Phalaropes were a common sight in sheltered Alaskan waters. Red Phalaropes were present too, but in the offshore waters.
Western and Least Sandpipers with Short-billed Dowitchers, and Red-necked Phalaropes in the foreground. Taken at entrance pond to Doran Regional Park. An immature Peregrine was making repeated passes at the peeps without success. The mass of peeps flying together confused the falcon. It was last seen leaving with empty talons.
To match the wet and windy weather we have now I will continue the rain theme from yesterday, with a female red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus).
In phalaropes, the sex roles are reversed with the female being more brightly coloured and the male taking care of the young.
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The invasion of the Red-necked Phalaropes continues! One birder reported seeing a flock of 250 of them. Here as, is my custom, I kept shooting photos until all the shots were blurry due to low light. These funny little birds are very fun to watch! Hopefully I get around to posting some hopefully good photos of them.
Hillbilly Park
"Home of the Red-necked Phalarope"
Arena Cove, The City of Point Arena, Mendocino County, California
This sign appeared sometime after early January this year (2013) on the empty lot next to the beach in Arena Cove. I have no idea what the story behind it is.
I also took a photo of this on another day with my Olympus 35SP, but this digital shot is much better because of the superior late afternoon light.  : As is usually the case the framing, composition, and light trumps the medium.
camera: Olympus E-520 DLSR
lens: Leica D Summilux Asph. 25mm f/1.4
filter: Hoya HD UV
support: hand held
software: ACDSee Pro 6 (64 bit)
Ölafsvik, Snæfellsnes Peninsula | Iceland
What a fantastic fearless little bird.
The Red-necked Phalarope was on my Iceland ‘target list’. We were three days into our week’s trip when we had our first close sighting. There were nine birds all feeding close into the shore in a small pond. This is the first time I’d seen them and I couldn’t believe how tiny they were (only about 200mm long at most). I was so convinced that they would fly that I took a couple of quick longish-range ‘record shots’ before trying to creep closer. I took a couple of more shots and then moved closer still. To my surprise the birds ignored me, so I went right up to the water’s edge. It was incredible as they just kept feeding and swimming right past me. It then got silly as they were so close I couldn’t focus on them! Needless to say I got a number of good shots. Over the following days we had another three really good encounters and each time the birds behaved the same as the first group. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I could have tried to pick them up they were that close. So, I now have 80 great images of this species that started as a ‘target’ and has finished as a new favourite bird.