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Pak Thale. Extract from Wikipedia about this interesting bird "The typical avian sex roles are reversed in the three phalarope species. Females are larger and more brightly coloured than males. The females pursue males, compete for nesting territory, and will aggressively defend their nests and chosen mates. Once the females lay their eggs, they begin their southward migration (which had recently been recorded as covering up to 16,000 miles!), leaving the males to incubate the eggs and look after the young.
When feeding, it will often swim in a small, rapid circle, forming a small whirlpool. This behaviour is thought to aid feeding by raising food from the bottom of shallow water. The bird will reach into the center of the vortex with its bill, plucking small insects or crustaceans caught up therein." Witnessed this feeding behaviour and wished I had caught it on video!
I guided a photo tour to Barter Island and the community of Kaktovik on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in early June and this is one of the many photos I made during the trip. Consider it one more reason to permanently protect the Arctic Refuge from oil development.
A fallen red-necked phalarope lies in a shoreline windrow amid fallen leaves (w/ thx to mgsbird for the id).
Uncommon visitor in SW Ohio.
View in Original size: www.flickr.com/photos/nsxbirder/54004078557/sizes/o/
RED-NECKED PHALAROP - ADULT & JUVENILE-09244120
Red-necked Phalarope
Never seen one before. Was fun to watch as it spun around and around in the water, kicking up things from the bottom and then eating them.
An oceangoing shorebird that spins frantically on the surface of water, stirring up invertebrates to eat. Breeds on the Arctic tundra; migrates inland or on the ocean; winters on the ocean. Usually found in small flocks, but can gather in incredibly large numbers, especially during fall migration. Very thin, sharp bill. Breeding plumage shows white throat, reddish patch on neck, and gray body with buffy markings on wings. Unlike most birds, female phalaropes are brighter than males. Nonbreeding much less colorful: gray above and white below with streaky-looking back and black ear patch. Occasionally found with similar-looking Red Phalarope, the only other oceanic shorebird. Red-necked is best distinguished by thinner bill and smaller size.
Red-necked Phalarope resting on beach near Concrete Bridge at Lake Merced, San Francisco, Calif., September 3, 2015.
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Bandon, Coos Co, Oregon (August 30th, 2012). 378.
Juvenile. Part of a small flock of Red-necked Phalaropes in the water along the edge of a crabbing pier on a bright windy day at the Bandon marina. The birds were whirling & spinning at a frenetic rate in the choppy water making them very hard to photograph, this being a rare keeper among the mountain of discards.
Other shots of the Bandon phalaropes:
www.flickr.com/photos/fugl/7934430560/in/photostream/
www.flickr.com/photos/fugl/7934425194/in/photostream/
Other phalarope photos--
Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, male
Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
Day 2 of 17
Tutakoke River Research Camp, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by: Kristine Sowl, USFWS
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Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) female in breeding plumage. Palo Alto Baylands. Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co., Calif.