Wilsons Phalarope Female

Gallery: AvianPosted May 23, 201281 views7 comments

This is the mate of the male I showed in my last post. I was surprised to see that in this species it is the female that has the bolder and more colorful plumage. According to Sibley, "females leave after egg-laying, and the males incubate the eggs and raise the young alone."

Nikon D700; Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 + doubler; 1/1000s -1; @f/8, ISO 400, from truck window with bean bag.

Comments and criticisms always welcome.

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7 comments

Comment posted by Liz Keeler on May 23, 2012 at 4:33 PM

Nice capture

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on May 23, 2012 at 6:16 PM

Very pretty bird and interesting story -- I would try a horizontal crop - just to see what that might look like

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 23, 2012 at 6:36 PM

STAY AT HOME DAD'S RULE IN THIS SPECIES. GOOD CAPTURE

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Comment posted by Geoff Powell on May 23, 2012 at 7:21 PM

Nice image. Always a hard choice between low angles and including reflections. Artistic license knows no bounds. Well done.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 23, 2012 at 11:02 PM

Nicely done David, I particularly like the reflection

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 25, 2012 at 12:58 AM

Cool, David. My only nit would be a lightly lower angle, which would have kept the reflection but given the bird a bit more impact.

All the phalaropes, not just Wilson's, have the reversed sexual roles. Polyandry; that's the word.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 25, 2012 at 6:27 PM

Nice shot David, cool reflection and a great setting

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