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Juvenile Wilson's Phalaropes at Holland Landing Lagoons |
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Juvenile Wilson's Phalarope at Holland Landing,
Ontario, on 15 August 2019. This individual is still in juvenile
plumage. |
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VIDEO LINK: Juvenile Wilson's P|halaropes at Holland Landing -
preening, swimming, catching prey |
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Wilson's Phalaropes swim so
quickly and make sudden moves in order to catch their prey. Holland
Landing on 15 August 2019. |
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This individual already has new grey first winter feathers. It's
molting into first winter plumage. Holland Landing on 15 August
2019. |
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Both juvenile Wilson's Phalaropes. From Holland Landing they will
continue their migration west then south to winter in saline lakes
in the high Andes of South America. Holland Landing on 15 August
2019. |
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The foot on Wilson's Phalarope does not have the large lobes or its
toes nor does it have the webbing as on the Red-necked and Red
Phalaropes, which winter at sea in the southern oceans. Holland
Landing on 15 August 2019. |
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