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Photo Study Of A Red-necked Phalarope At Green Lane Park, September 6th, 2010

A Red-necked Phalarope was reported at the Walt Road area of Green Lane Park last evening. Several of us went over this morning to see if we could find the bird.
Fortunately, this beautiful juvenile Phalarope was still there and very willing to pose for photographs.

Red-necked Phalarope At Green Lane Park Today

    The Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) is a small wader (about 7 inches in length.) It has the most widely distributed breeding range of any phalarope and
    breeds circumpolarly in the low Arctic or Subarctic. In North America, it breeds across the northernmost portion of the continent from Alaska to Labrador and the
    coast of Newfoundland. It is migratory and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans. When feeding, a Red-necked Phalarope will often swim in a small,
    rapid circle, forming a small whirlpool. This behavior 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 that are caught up in the swirl. (Wikipedia; Cornell BNA)

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