[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This Red-necked Phalarope was photographed at Loch of Funzie RSPB Reserve, Funzie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 8, 2004)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This Red-necked Phalarope was photographed at Loch of Funzie RSPB Reserve, Funzie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF-D f2.8 lens (EFL=270mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 7, 2004)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This Red-necked Phalarope was photographed at Lakeside Park, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=405mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: September 27, 2007)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This Red-necked Phalarope was photographed at Lakeside Park, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: September 27, 2007)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This Red-necked Phalarope was photographed at Lakeside Park, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: September 27, 2007)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This female Red-necked Phalarope was photographed swimming in the Granary Ponds at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1991)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This pair of Red-necked Phalaropes was photographed along the edge of the Lake Hood seaplane marina in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1984)

[Length 9.25 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

Wilson's Phalarope's are common breeding birds of the prairies of the central US and southern Canada. Phalaropes are unusual because they have reversed the roles of the sexes. The females are more brightly colored than the males and they compete with other females for territory and mates. After the female lays her eggs, she leaves the incubation to the male, and will often seek out another mate and lay a second clutch of eggs for him as well! Phalaropes can often be identified from a distance by their unique habit of spinning in circles in shallow pools. This bright female was photographed swimming in a small roadside pool at Arapaho NWR in Colorado. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)