Thursday, June 11, 2009

Barrow Update - June 10th

Sorry for the lack of blog posts the past few days, I’ve been pretty busy now that nest searching started. I will do a separate post later on what exactly we are doing. I just thought I’d post a few pictures before you think a Polar Bear got me or something…

Red-necked Phalarope (male)

Red Phalarope (female)

Red Phalarope Eggs

Lapland Longspur Nest

Long-billed Dowitcher Distraction Display

Long-billed Dowitcher Nest

Dunlin Nest

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

NICE SHOTS dude. Crazy good phal photos. Trade you places.

Get any sleep yet in the eternal sunshine?

peace
jen

Dave said...

Great Shots Ethan!
One day I'll get to see a Phalarope...

Nomadic Birder said...

Thanks guys!

Jen - what's sleep?

Kenn Kaufman said...

Hey Ethan,

Wow, fabulous photos! One of my favorite things on my visits to Barrow was getting to see all those phalaropes in the rich colors of breeding plumage. But I never got photos as good as yours.

What a great opportunity you've got to learn about the nesting behavior of all these birds. Keep up the good work and keep us posted on how it's going!