Female Red-necked Phalarope in breeding plumage photographed in Gambell, Alaska on June 3, 2007.

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Brad Carlson

(Similarly, I'm pretty sure this is a Least Sandpiper although there were certainly Westerns around. Apparently I was across the water from the Pectoral, who I didn't end up seeing, but that's OK, still a lovely morning with the 'don't see it often' Phalarope).

This Red-necked Phalarope has been reported in the area by several people lately. I went out to look for it a few times with no luck, but then today I found it. This was a hard one to photograph because it swims in an odd pattern. Check out this video to see how it swims: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQixGPhMwMw

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Red-necked Phalarope

Red-necked phalarope listening to the click of the camera shutter.

north iceland.

Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

Note the brown water around the bird, the spinning disturbs the bottom, bringing up food.

Great success :-)

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Fremont CA

Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, at San Luis Pass, Galveston Island, Texas, 27 October 2015.

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My friend Dan Cadieux and I spent over an hour with this very accommodating bird that is not seen here very frequently.

Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, UK.

Spent a Month in the Northern Isles.

Found a lovely wee (secret) lochan in the hills of Fetlar with 3 pairs. Not a human for miles! Brilliant!

Grauwe Franjepoot - Phalarope à bec étroit

Juvenile at Mitchel Sewage Lagoons.

Mann Lake, Nez Perce county, Idaho, USA

Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, CA

Red-necked Phalarope, Muskegon County, Michigan, August 24, 2017

Midway Beach, Pacific County, Washington State. August 19th, 2007.

Couldn't choose 'the best' so here are all the photo's of Red-necked Phlaropes feeding at the water's edge on The Wick of With; Fetlar. They were completely unconcerned and slowly swam nearer and nearer and nearer...

Murmansk province, Териберка

Lots and lots of phalaropes at the shoreline this morning - these ones have lost almost all of their breeding colors.

Red-necked Phalarope - Kirby Park - Elkhorn, CA

This bird was feeding on a borrow dyke close to the sea wall at East Mersea in September 2009. I just found the image while I was sorting my files this afternoon. It was present for 4 days before continuing it’s migration. The location was East Mersea, Mersea Island, Essex, Uk

Morro Creek, Morro Bay, CA

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) at river Laxa, Myvatn, North Iceland, July 2017

iona water treatment ponds, richmond, bc.

Red-necked Phalarope