Four Red-necked Phalarope chicks shown here in the nest
Tomorrow is my last full day here,
weather permitting. It just struck me tonight – and it will be weird not waking
up here every day.
Today was fairly mundane, nest
checks for the morning, came back early afternoon due to the few nests to
check, and then spent the remainder of the day entering data. The highlight of nest
checks today was seeing the first Red-necked Phalarope chicks, four in one nest
and three near another, both with papa phalaropes in attendance. The chicks
were very striking, golden overall with dark flecks accenting the gilded
coloration and nice little caps.
As of today we are down to only 50 nests active or so, roughly 17% of our total nests of the season. However, at least it is nice now that some of the nests are going inactive because they’re hatching, rather than just all being eaten!
One of the chicks was out and about a bit more, and super cute with his disproportionately large feet and legs
As of today we are down to only 50 nests active or so, roughly 17% of our total nests of the season. However, at least it is nice now that some of the nests are going inactive because they’re hatching, rather than just all being eaten!
This baby Brown Lemming was also incredibly precious, about the size of my thumb. I kind of wanted to bring him home..
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