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| Wilson's Phalarope
sitings - Dophin Beach Pan - 21 May 2007 |
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Visitor
from
North
America
seen
at
Rietvlei.
A
female
Wilson's
Phalarope
in
full
breeding
plumage
made
a
spectacular
appearance
in
the
Dolphin
Beach
Pond
on
20
May
2007.
She
was
a
rare
visitor
from
America
-
the
small
wader
breeds
in
the
prairies
of
western
Canada
and
western
USA,
and
migrates
to
southern
South
America
during
the
northern
winter.
This
female
was
obviously
on
her
way
back
to
the
north,
but
went
off
course
and
ended
up
at
Rietvlei.
It
is
only
the
third
recording
of
this
species
in
Cape
Town,
and
the
15th
in
South
Africa;
the
previous
recording
was
in
2005
at
Abrahamskraal
in
the
West
Coast
National
Park.
This
appearance
caused
great
excitement
and
birders
flocked
to
see
the
bird.
Many
birders
from
upcountry
were
planning
to
fly
down
to
Cape
Town
for
the
following
weekend,
to
see
the
female,
but
she
dissappeared
by
mid-week
-
hopefully
she
has
found
her
way
back
to
the
north
American
continent.
The
species
is a
member
of
the
family
Scolopacidae,
the
sandpipers
and
phalaropes;
we
notice
in
the
literature
that
both
Phalaropes
tricolor
and
Steganopus
tricolor
appears
as
the
generic
name
for
Wilson's
Phalarope
- it
appears
that
the
former
is
the
correct
name
(it
appears
in
most
American
articles
on
the
species),
but
could
an
expert
please
advise?
Go
to
the
next
pages
to
view
pictures
of
this
pretty
little
female.
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Graham
Searll
took
this
great
picture
of
the
rare
Wilson's
Phalarope
that
appeared
on
Dolphin
Beach
Pond
from
20
to
23
May
2007. |
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The
female
Wilson's
Phalarope
on
Dolphin
Beach
Pond
in
full
breeding
plumage.
Both
these
pictures
were
taken
on
21
May
2007.
Thanks
to
Graham
Searll
for
2
wonderful
photo's. |
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