wilsondring 12/04/2013 22:10
Please Help ..
LV 12/04/2013
thanks in advance ..
kmike 12/04/2013 23:21
Red-necked Phalarope Wilson - about the only wader you see swimming rather than wading most of the time.
Cheers
Mike
wilsondring 12/04/2013 23:24
[quote]Original posted by [i]kmike[/i] at 12/04/2013 23:21 [url=http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=56988&ptid=18811][img]http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
Red-necked Phalarope Wilson - about the only wader you see swimming rather than wading most of the time.
Cheers
Mike [/quote]
many thanks ..
this one might have been a juvenile as he looked some-what smaller in size compare with the other one [url=http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/viewthread.php?tid=18809]LINK to thread[/url]
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ajohn 14/04/2013 10:02
Most birds will moult out of juvenile plumage in autumn, and this is the same. This bird is in winter plumage (although has started to moult).
The size difference is probably sex-related - female phalaropes are larger (and brighter) than males.
wilsondring 14/04/2013 19:46
Much appreciate the explaination, reference books don't go into so much details!!!