Only the phalarope was still met with in large numbers, even pretty far out at sea.
This is the beautiful brednaebbade simsnaeppan, the grey (or red) phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius, Bonap.
The flesh of the phalarope is a great delicacy, like that of other waders which occur in the regions in question, but which I cannot now stay to describe.
Of birds the phalarope was still the most common species, especially at sea, where in flocks of six or seven it swam incessantly backwards and forwards between the pieces of ice.
I imagine therefore that it is not absent from Novaya Zemlya, though there has hitherto been observed there only the nearly allied smalnaebbade simsnaeppan, the red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus hyperboreus, Lath.
This Phalarope belongs to the shore birds and to a family that contains but three known species.
The Northern Phalarope has a wide range, extending throughout the northern portion of the Northern Hemisphere and in winter reaching the tropics.
He said that the Northern Phalarope is "a curious compound of a wader and swimmer.
Though not exactly web-footed, the phalarope swims with the greatest ease.
Upon the shores of some of them we have come across the rare Greenshank; on others in the Hebrides the Red-necked Phalarope (gentlest and most trustful of all wading birds) lives in colonies during the summer.
So far as we know, thisPhalarope nests on no part of the British mainland now; its summer resorts are in the Outer Hebrides, in Orkney and Shetland.
Here again we have another instance in which the henPhalarope is more brilliant in colour than the cock bird, and not only takes the initiative in courtship, but leaves the care of the eggs and young chiefly to him.
Other shorebirds that eat leaf-beetles are the Wilson phalarope and dowitcher.
The birds known to feed upon them are: Northern phalarope (Lobipes lobatus).
The nine species of shorebirds known to eat mosquitoes are: Northern phalarope (Lobipes lobatus).
The birds now known to take these beetles are: Northern phalarope (Lobipes lobatus).
Even under ordinary conditions grasshoppers are a staple food of many members of the shorebird family, and the following species are known to feed on them: Northern phalarope (Lobipes lobatus).
Breeding behavior of the grey phalarope in west Spitzbergen.
Breeding biology of the red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus in Finland.
The behaviour of the red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus L.
The Gray Phalarope is one of those species that change greatly in the colour of their plumage according to season.
So far as concerns Scotland, the breeding season of the Red-necked Phalarope commences in May, but in more Arctic localities it is deferred until several weeks later.
The call note of this Phalarope is described as a shrill weet, and the alarm note, heard most frequently during flight, as a rapidly repeated bick-abick-a.
As Professor Newton has remarked, both this and the preceding species of Phalarope are entrancingly interesting in their habits.
The Gray Phalarope is not known to breed anywhere on continental Europe, but does so in Spitzbergen, in Iceland, Greenland, and probably throughout all suitable parts of Arctic America and Asia, as far north as land extends.
The Gray Phalarope remains practically gregarious throughout the year, breeding in colonies of varying size.
There can be little doubt that the Gray Phalarope is a more abundant visitor to British waters, in autumn and winter, than is generally supposed.
Occasionally, however, this Phalarope has occurred on our coasts in great numbers, something similar to the visitations of Sand Grouse, with which doubtless most readers are familiar.
When disturbed at its breeding grounds, the Red-necked Phalarope slips off the nest and takes refuge in the water, manifesting little concern for its safety.
It may thus be inferred that the pairing habits of this Phalarope are most singular, the female conducting the courtship!
In our seven day stay at Teshekpuk Lake only one northern phalarope was seen.
The red phalarope on July 7 was the fifth most common bird in the area, making up two per cent of the avian population and was commonly seen on polygons having high centers.
The Wilson Phalarope is a bird of the interior and consequently, is far less aquatic than the remaining species of the family; nevertheless it readily takes to water, swimming buoyantly and gracefully.
This phalarope is one of the most beautiful of all our shore birds, and is the most southerly distributed of the phalaropes.
The general color pattern of the downy young northern phalarope is similar to that of the red phalarope, but it differs in some details and the colors are lighter and more yellowish above.
Wilson phalarope are often associated with northern phalaropes on migrations, sometimes in considerable flocks, frequenting the temporary ponds made by heavy spring rains on the grassy meadows, rather than the larger ponds and lakes.
I have never shot the red-necked phalarope off the nest, often as I have had a chance to do so, nor have I seen bare hatching spots on the breasts of either sex.
The northern phalarope obtains most of its food in the water, on the ocean or in bays or in brackish pools or in fresh-water ponds.
The Wilson phalaropehabitually wades in this part of the world, swimming only occasionally, but its markings are distinctive.
In the Old World the red phalarope breeds on the Arctic coast from Iceland east to Nova Zembla, the Taimur Peninsula, and the islands and coast of Siberia to Bering Sea.
Vermilion Flycatcher and Red Phalarope at Long Beach, California.
In its nuptial plumage the red phalarope can be easily recognized by its brilliant colors; the male is smaller, his colors are duller, and his breast is mixed with white.
Although essentially a western species the Wilson phalarope has many times been detected in eastern localities.
The white wing stripe is somewhat broader in this than in the northern phalarope and in gray plumage the upper parts are of so pale a tone that the wing pattern appears faint, something as it does in the piping plover.
The downy young red phalaropeis the handsomest of its group, darker and more richly colored, as well as larger than the young northern phalarope.
In its winter plumage, in which we usually see it, it is likely to be confused with the northern phalarope or the sanderling.
The Grey Phalarope is a tolerably regular and occasionally numerous autumnal visitant to all the Islands, not, however, arriving before the end of October or beginning of November.
The Grey Phalarope is included in Professor Ansted's list, but no letters marking its distribution through the Islands are added, perhaps because it was considered to be generally distributed through all of them.
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