This species is a first for me. While I have seen the other two Phalarope species several times this bird had eluded me. There might have been an occasion or two where I saw this bird on a pelagic trip but I had never definitively identified it. I was photographing the shorebirds in the previous two posts when I noticed a bird head into the water. At first I thought that was kind of odd until I realized what it was. Both the Red and the Red-necked Phalaropes spend much of their time in the ocean, anybody who has done one of the many whale watching tours should be familiar with them. This one is in Fall plumage, someday maybe I'll get to see one in full breeding attire.
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