Transitional plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 5-29-10. © John  C. Avise.

Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicaria

Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae

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Transitional plumage, Santa Ana River mouth, Orange Co., 5-29-10. © John  C. Avise.

Basic plumage, off Dana Point, Orange Co., 8-06. © John  C. Avise.