[Length 9.25 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This Wilson's Phalarope was photographed at French Town Road, Port Bolivar, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 30, 2008)

[Length 9.25 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This dull male Wilson's Phalarope 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)

[Length 9.25 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This male Wilson's Phalarope was photographed 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)

[Length 9.25 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This bright female Wilson's Phalarope was photographed 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)

[Length 9.25 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

This pair of Wilson's Phalaropes 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)

[Length 9.25 in. Wingspan 17 in.]

These Wilson's Phalaropes in flight were photographed flying over 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)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This American Golden Plover, in full breeding plumage, was photographed on the tundra at Barrow, Alaska. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1976)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

American Golden Plovers breed on the Arctic tundra across Canada and Alaska. They are fairly common spring migrants in the US along the Central and Mississippi flyways. This one, looking rather mottled as it transitions from breeding to winter plumage, was photographed in the early morning light of a September morning at Brigantine NWR in New Jersey. Photo taken with a 750mm f5.6 Celestron Mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1991)