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Small wading bird. Swims in circles, and never left the water.
I love phalaropes. Once you see one ...
The Red-necked Phalarope, seen here in its ...
Bill black, long, straight, slender. Back mask extends as broad stripe down ...
Phalaropes are sandpipers, but usually feed ...
A small wader with a fine straight bill. When feeding, a Red-necked
Sometimes seen resting along the San Mateo Coast after strong winter storms. ...
The male is fairly plan. They are light gray underneath and gray-brown on the ...
The female has a gray-brown back with white underparts. There is a brown color ...
Medium sandpiper, gray-brown upperparts, red-brown streaks on back, shoulders. ...
Medium sandpiper, gray-brown upperparts, red-brown streaks on back, shoulders. ...
Medium sandpiper, gray-brown upperparts, red-brown streaks on back, shoulders. ...
Medium sandpiper, gray-brown upperparts, red-brown streaks on back, shoulders. ...
Females have a gray belly with a dark back, a mostly red neck, and a dark eye ...
A group of more than 20. Most looked to be in breeding plumage. I see these ...
Bill black, long, straight, slender. Back mask extends as broad stripe down ...
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Red-necked
Diminutive shorebird usually seen in the water, often paddling around ...
The breeding female is predominantly gray and brown above, with white ...
The breeding female is predominantly gray and brown above, with white ...
The breeding female is predominantly gray and brown above, with white ...
An adult, in non-breeding plumage, swimming and feeding alone on a pond at the ...
The breeding female is predominantly gray and brown above, with white ...
The breeding female is predominantly gray and brown above, with white ...
-bellied whistling-duck, Killdeers, Black-necked Stilt and Wilson's
Like the other 2 phalarope species, the ...
Seen at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
This species can be identified by the light gray stripe running from the eye ...
Mostly gray bird with with cinnamon on neck; typical behavior of spinning in ...
These migrating birds are found mainly in shallow water along bays and coast ...
The breeding female is predominantly gray and brown above, with white ...
Typically, when I do see these I see them in a small group. This one was ...
Winter: Medium sized shorebird, white head, chest and belly, belly has some ...
These two were seen feeding and resting on a small pond in our small town. They ...
This was an fascinating bird to watch. It turned around in circles in the ...