[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 32.5 in.]

This Eurasian Oystercatcher was photographed at Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 11, 2004)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 32.5 in.]

This Eurasian Oystercatcher was photographed at Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 11, 2004)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 32.5 in.]

This Eurasian Oystercatcher was photographed at Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 20, 2004)

[Length 16.5 in. Wingspan 32.5 in.]

This Eurasian Oystercatcher was photographed at Trearddur Bay, Wales, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 2002)

[Length 7.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

Red-necked Phalaropes breed in the Arctic regions around the world. Phalaropes are among the few species of birds where the roles of the sexes are reversed. The females, not the males, are more brightly colored, and compete with other females for the attention of the males. And, after laying her eggs, the female leaves the male to incubate them, often seeking out another male to lay another clutch of eggs for her new mate to incubate as well! Red-necked Phalaropes are usually seen out at sea during migration, but they are also regularly seen "on land" in migration along the west coast of North America, and at traditional southbound staging areas such as Utah's Great Salt Lake, California's Mono Lake, and the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada. This Red-necked Phalarope was photographed on the banks of the Lake Hood Seaplane Marina in Anchorage Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1984)

[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, Texas, USA. 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)