Still present when I left at 4:10pm as the sun went behind West Hill and the temperature dropped. The bird slowly worked its way back and forth several times along the length of the muddy lakeshore west of the northwest corner of the mowed loop path. It spun in the water for a couple minutes at one point. It swims in the shallows and walks on the mud, constantly picking at unseen motes on the surface and sometimes grabbing something substantial from underwater. Like the Montezuma bird last year, it is streakier than Sibley shows for a winter Red Phalarope, and the hind neck/ rear crown is blacker, but the bill looks too thick and wide for a Red-necked Phalarope. I did not see yellow on the base of the bill, which was always moving. Maybe photos will show it. The legs were dull pink, and the lobed toes (very cool!) were more grayish.
--Dave Nutter
Cayugarba red phalarope on nw lakeshore treman/hog hole
--Dave Nutter
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