Date: 9/10/26 5:03 pm
From: Brian Scanlon <briancscanlon...>
Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Leucistic Red-necked Phalarope at Shorebirds
Tom,

The heavier bill and the placement of the eye in your photos is giving me a
Red Phalarope vibe. Perhaps not leucistic, but very pale. They've been seen
at Shorebirds before.

Brian

On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM Tom Hambleton <tah...> wrote:

> Here’s a few photos of Debbie’s cool bird. I badly want to turn it into a
> Wilson’s Phalarope.
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> *From: *<mbbirds...> on behalf of Deborah Diersch <
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> *Date: *Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
> *To: *"<MBBIRDS...>" <mbbirds...>
> *Subject: *[MBBIRDS] Leucistic Red-necked Phalarope at Shorebirds
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> Hi Everyone,
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> Our birding class observed a leucistic Red-necked Phalarope feeding with
> other phalaropes on termites at Shorebirds pond this afternoon. Both the
> bird and the feeding behavior were something I've never seen before. I took
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> Happy Birding!
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> Debbie
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> [image: Image removed by sender.] IMG_8385.MOV
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xsNbeR43uhGWas_CLFdauE88rN-yAWHq/view?usp=drive_web>
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