wildcritters Nature Photography

CRITTER PHOTO #2003 

Birds, Shore

Phalarope, Redshank

       
         
         

Red-necked Phalarope (m)

[Phalaropus lobatus]

7/6/2022

Iceland

These birds often swim in small rapid circles when feeding to create a whirlpool in an effort to raise food from the shallow which they pluck from the water with their sharp beaks.

Photo# 2003

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