A lifer
Red phalarope, Nov 24, 2019, Erieau, Ont.
It is getting harder to get a life bird without traveling long distances.
This red phalarope was an exception.
phalaropus fulicarius
A brilliant red bird with a white face and yellow bill in summer, the Red Phalarope becomes a subdued gray-and-white speck on the open ocean in the nonbreeding season.
Red Phalaropes sometimes gather around gray and bowhead whales to feed in the plumes of muddy water the great mammals stir up. Whalers once called Red Phalaropes “bowhead birds” and looked for the flocks when searching for whales.
It is getting harder to get a life bird without traveling long distances.
This red phalarope was an exception.
phalaropus fulicarius
A brilliant red bird with a white face and yellow bill in summer, the Red Phalarope becomes a subdued gray-and-white speck on the open ocean in the nonbreeding season.
Red Phalaropes sometimes gather around gray and bowhead whales to feed in the plumes of muddy water the great mammals stir up. Whalers once called Red Phalaropes “bowhead birds” and looked for the flocks when searching for whales.
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