And Brian for comments about the species and coloration.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM Brian Scanlon <briancscanlon...>
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> Tom,
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> 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.
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> Brian
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> On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM Tom Hambleton <tah...> wrote:
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>> 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 <
>> <debbiediersch...>
>> *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
>> the attached video.
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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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