Bird of the Week – Wilson’s Phalarope
There are three species of Phalaropes in Alaska; this one, by a considerable margin, is the least common.
Wilson’s Phalarope Male
Phalaropes are unusual in that sexual roles are reversed; the male is drabber, and does all of the brooding of the eggs and raises the chicks. The more colorful female lays the eggs and leaves. This proto-feminist male was photographed at Creamer’s Refuge in 2008.
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One bird’s
drabber
is another bird’s
fine-feathered friend, eh?
thatcrowwoman
Happy t now the cilden ave reeaseyou as their ostge. Welcome home,my friend. 🙂
Lovely.
Pansy-ass bird like Jicanas.Mom gets to shake her tailfeathers at every passing,fly by night salesbird and he will be treated to single parenthood,domestic bliss, too.
Proto-feminist or good father?