Sentences with word «phalarope»

For just a few weeks each year, Red - necked Phalaropes visit Rodeo Lagoon in the Marin Headlands.

The opposite sex, on the other hand — the female red phalarope and male pectoral sandpiper — were gallivanting about at all hours, probably looking for new mates.

Ornithologists believe that since their migration is so long and arduous, the female phalaropes can not afford to invest more than a minimal amount in the reproductive cycle.

Eating with Tension The long, thin beaks of shorebirds called phalaropes are no good at sucking up water and any tasty crustaceans within.

So the next time you visit the Marin Headlands in August, make sure to check out the east end of the lagoon — you don't want to miss an opportunity to see these fascinating phalaropes in action!

Birders will like the murres, bald eagles, Northern Phalaropes and rhinocerous auklets.

Hyperborean Phalarope.

Conservation scientists Joe Liebezeit and Steve Zack — both then of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-- and colleagues report in the journal Polar Biology that they looked into nearly 2,500 nests of four shorebird species in Alaska — two sandpipers, two phalaropes − and a songbird called the Lapland songspur over a nine - year period.

While resting on salty inland lakes and along seashores during its winter migration from the Arctic to the west coast of South America, the red - necked phalarope has been spotted spinning in circles for minutes at a time.

The male red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) and female pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) are the egg - sitting parents in their respective species — and both had a rest period at night.

For some species, including Wilson's phalarope, eared grebe and American avocet, at least half of their global populations rely on this network of saline lakes for food and rest during migration.

The plant bits had been attached to the feathers of seven birds from three species — semipalmated sandpipers, red phalaropes, and the golden - plovers.

The phalaropes create the current by kicking one leg harder and faster than the other, which causes them to spin at about one rotation per second.

Too Late the Phalarope — Alan Paton 34.

Too Late the Phalarope by Alan Paton 34.

We may also see Guadalupe Murrelet (rare), Scripps's Murrelet, Red Phalarope, Red - necked Phalarope, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Rhinoceros Auklet, Cassin's Auklet, Sabine's Gull, Arctic Tern, Common Tern, South Polar Skua, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, and Long - tailed Jaeger.

Year - round resident species include the bald eagle, Harlequin duck, great blue heron, pigeon guillemot, rhinoceros auklet, red - necked phalarope and black oystercatcher.

Today's Sightings: Humpback Whales (Frosty, Mini Wheat, Cutter, Ridge, Hunter, Moonstar, Claw, Yahtzee, Quartz, Ashes, Argonaut, Inukshuk, Meniscus, Piza, Sharpie, Blackula and Hilroy), Pacific Harbour Seals, Steller Sea Lions, Bald Eagles, Great Blue Herons, Ancient Murrelets, Red - necked Phalaropes, and Common Murres.

Yahtzee, Conger, Frosty, Mini Wheat, Meniscus, Ridge, Cutter, Inukshuk, Moonstar, Claw, Tangent, Quartz, Freckles, Sharpie and Ripple) Pacific Harbour Seals, Steller Sea Lions, Bald Eagles, Ancient Murrelets, Red - necked Phalaropes, Parasetic Jaeger and Common Murres.

Today's Sightings: Humpback Whales (Claw, Argonaut, Ashes, Freckles, Meniscus, Piza and Merge), Pacific White - sided Dolphins, Pacific Harbour Seals, Steller Sea Lions, Bald Eagles, Great Blue Herons, Ancient Murrelets, Red - necked Phalaropes, and Common Murres.

Today's Sightings: Humpback Whales (Freckles, Argonaut, Apollo, Hunter, Yahtzee, Cosmo, Meniscus and Ridge) Pacific Harbour Seals, Steller Sea Lions, Bald Eagles, Ancient Murrelets, Red - necked Phalaropes, and Common Murres.

Today's Sightings: Humpback Whales (Conger, Freckles, Argonaut, Claw, Moonstar, Ridge, Inukshuk, Mini Wheat, Frosty, Sharpie, Bumpy, Black Pearl, Corporal, Cutter, Yahtzee, Meniscus, Piza and more) Dall's Porpoise, Pacific Harbour Seals, Steller Sea Lions, Bald Eagles, Ancient Murrelets, Red - necked Phalaropes, and Common Murres.

Today's Sightings: Humpback Whales (Ridge, Argonaut, Meniscus, Hunter and Black Pearl), Transient «Bigg's» (mammal - eating) Orca (UK) Pacific Harbour Seals, Steller Sea Lions, Bald Eagles, Ancient Murrelets, Red - necked Phalaropes, and Common Murres.

Red - Necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) can be seen in the Santa Barbara Channel in the spring (April and May) and fall (August through October).

Other Wildlife Included: A Minke Whale, Dall's Porpoises, Pacific White - sided Dolphins, Bald Eagles, Rhinoceros Auklets, Common Murres, Gulls, Red - necked Phalaropes, Pelagic Cormorants, Pacific Harbour Seals and Stellers Sea Lions

Today's Sightings: Humpback Whales (Inukshuk, Argonaut Claw and Ridge), Northern Resident Orca (A34s) Pacific White - sided Dolphins, Pacific Harbour Seals, Steller Sea Lions, Bald Eagles, Rhinoceros Auklets, Red - necked Phalaropes, and Common Murres.

The Tate's other purchases from trustees investigated by the commission were: # 20,000 for Wilson's Phalarope and Untitled by Bill Woodrow in 1997; # 20,000 for Knowing by Michael Craig - Martin, also in 1997; # 23,030 for an oil painting Echo Lake by Peter Doig in 1998; and # 53,500 for two photographic series, Theresa and Signs, by Gillian Wearing.

The sandpiper makes a beeline for the Alaskan shores, to join the phalarope on the beach and the songbirds in the woods − and all because the winter snows are melting earlier.

The sandpiper makes a beeline for the Alaskan shores, to join the phalarope on the beach and the songb...

Audubon's climate model, however, suggest that the Wilson's Phalarope may be in serious trouble.