Female Grey #Phalarope in summer plumage at Loch of Spiggie, Shetland in early June.
Female phalaropes famed for their reverse #sexualselection, with larger, highly decorated #females fighting over #males, setting up numerous nests and leaving males to incubate and care for chicks! They're off for a spot of #polyandry!
Photos: Hugh Harrop, Shetland Wildlife
An amazing day for our guests !
The day started below whirring Little Swifts leaving their roosts overhead, #PoolsofDreams with White-headed and Marbled #Ducks, Red-knobbed #Coot and Black-crowned Night #Herons while 3 #Ospreys cruised over!
At the #CostaBallena our friend the Bonaparte´s #Gull was still present with the Grey #Phalarope in close proximity!
A visit to the Costa #Ballena before returning to The #Straits following our tour to #Doñana and evening encounters with a confiding Grey (Red) #Phalarope and 1º Ring-billed Gull!
Red-necked Phalarope at the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve in Nevada.
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