Basic plumage, San Joaquin Marsh, Orange Co., 8-07. © John  C. Avise.

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

Charadriiformes: Scolopacida

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Video. Audubon Ponds, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 8/26/13. © Peter J. Bryant

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Male, alternate plumage, San Joaquin Marsh, Orange Co., 5-06. © John  C. Avise.
Juvenile, San Joaquin Marsh, Orange Co., 8-07. © John  C. Avise.

Basic plumage, San Joaquin Marsh, Orange Co., 8-08. © John  C. Avise.
Flock, San Joaquin Marsh, Orange Co., 8-07. © John  C. Avise.

Juvenile (left) and adult (right), San Joaquin Marsh, Orange Co., 
8-07. © John  C. Avise.