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Portrait of a female red-necked phalarope on a lake, staring directly at the camera, having her beak open.

Plumage and gender roles of the red-necked phalaropes

5. February 2025

While male birds are typically the more colorful ones, red-necked phalaropes have reversed gender roles, and the males look a bit duller than the females.
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Portrait of a bridled common murre standing in front of a teal/blue blurry background (out of focus ocean), photographed from the chest up. The belly is white, the back and head are very dark brown (but look black), medium-sized sharp gray beak. Around its eye is a white circle and line, resembling glsses. The bird eye is in focus, along with tiny water droplets on top of the head. Light cimes from the left behind of the murre.

About the beautiful bridled common murres.

3. September 2024

Common murres come in two visual variations. Bridled individuals are less common, and a have white "glasses" around the eyes.
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Group of purple sandpipers foraging in the water. Two of them in the middle are in focus. In front and behind them are out of focus sandpipers.

The parental roles of purple sandpipers.

29. August 2024

Purple sandpipers are monogamous, male and female share the egg incubation, but hatching the male is the only one taking care of the chicks.
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