photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Jeff Wilson | all galleries >> Galleries >> The Spin on Phalaropes in West Tennessee > Red Phalarope - 10-4-09 - Mallard Lake, at Big Lake WMA, AR
previous | next
04-OCT-2009

Red Phalarope - 10-4-09 - Mallard Lake, at Big Lake WMA, AR

Note the dark unworn tertials with pale to chestnut edges denote an immature bird. This is the plumage almost always seen here during the fall migration in the US. The previous photo showing a bird in juvenile plumage is Very Rare.

Olympus E-500
1/160s f/4.5 at 150.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
comment | share