[Birdnet] Winter Phalaropes?

[Joel and Kathy Beyer]

I can confirm the existence of basic plumaged Wilson's Phalaropes on the
AI Causeway.  Kathy and I saw one there on January 1 of this year.  And
those pictures look pretty good to me, Carol, your "inferior" optics
notwithstanding!

Joel

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:47:26 -0700 Carol Gwynn <cgwynn at earthlink.net>
writes:
> Several people have questioned my report of winter-plumage Wilson's 
> phalaropes on the Antelope Island Causeway last Saturday (which is 
> good). I only have fair digiscoped images, since the birds were 
> constantly moving and I don't have a DSLR outfit like Tim and Paul 
> to 
> take nice pics. So what you see is what you get. Since I'm not on a 
> 
> photo sharing site, this is fair warning that I'm posting a 
> follow-up 
> e-mail with some photos of the birds. So if you don't want to 
> download 
> them, feel free to ignore the follow-up message.
> 
> I welcome input on these birds. They might even be two different 
> species, based on the photos. I'm not sure. So help me out, all you 
> 
> experts. . .
> 
> Carol Gwynn 
> 
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