That was a hard bird to ID even at relatively close range, at least for me! But then it flew and showed its wing stripes (and I even got a picture of it flying, and called as it flew and conveniently cinched the ID as red-necked. Looked like a male but with big gobs of gray feathers!
The shrikes were active, hunting insects under the wires. Saw 2 adults and one juvenile. Beth Tiller beth87til...@gmail.com On Aug 1, 2015, at 3:01 PM, linda whyte wrote: > I believe Laura Coble and I saw the same Red-necked Phalarope reported by > Beth Tillerman, only later this morning. However, we found it at the back > of the NW body of water, the largest pool. It was swimming in > characteristic circles. Periodically,it would move behind the point of > grasses on the east side, probably feeding in shallower waters nearer > shore, but would then return to mid-lake. At first we had thought to ID a > Wilson's, but scope views, with field-guide checks, suggested Red-necked. > The only shorebirds we found at Jirik/Braun sod farms were Kildeer. > > Linda Whyte > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
