💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐦🌀 If you've ever spotted a shorebird spinning in circles on the water, you might have wondered if it was okay.

Wilson's #phalaropes actually spin to create a small vortex that sucks #invertebrates up to the surface. It's a clever way to forage for food that some say makes them look like "demented wind-up toys."

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/phalaropes-bird-spinning-in-circles-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=phalaropes-bird-spinning-in-circles-video

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🐦🌀 If you've ever spotted a shorebird spinning in circles on the water, you might have wondered if it was okay.

Wilson's #phalaropes actually spin to create a small vortex that sucks #invertebrates up to the surface. It's a clever way to forage for food that some say makes them look like "demented wind-up toys."

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/phalaropes-bird-spinning-in-circles-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=phalaropes-bird-spinning-in-circles-video

#animals #birding #birds #nature #ornithology #sandpipers #tksst #video

Dunlin Drift

These are dunlins (Calidris alpina). I came upon a group hunkered down in the sand—most of them sleeping, tucked into the terrain like scattered leaves. When I got too close, they stirred and took flight.

I captured this photograph in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Step into a world where even the smallest moments—like the glint in a bird's eye—tell their own story.

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