ML623960286
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Observation details
Originally reported this as a Wilson's Phalarope as viewed at a distance of 150 yards thru mid-day heat shimmer. Went back to look again in the cooler evening hours and changed my ID to juvenile Red-necked Phalarope. It's been roosting and feeding all day on the far side of the reservoir. Long thin bill eliminated Red Phalarope. Dark back is actually mottled brown/black with a black line running along the side of the bird. It has a very distinct black eyeline/cheek patch and a white supercilium. Continuous white throat, breast and underside is interrupted only by some buffy coloration on the sides of the upper breast. Bird feeds in water with spinning motion and roosts in the company of two Least Sandpipers and occasionally some other shorebirds. Poor quality digiscoped cell phone photos attached.
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