Bird Watching: DAILY PICS VOL. 100, 1 by NM_Jane

NM_Jane wrote:
Here's as close as I could get (with a lot of cropping) to one of the phalaropes,

In addition to this being a new bird, I couldn't quit laughing as I watched them. They have the most unusual feeding habit, spinning in circles, which creates a vortex that helps raise food to the surface. Seeing the whole bunch of them spinning around almost made me dizzy.

I found this video that shows one of them feeding.

http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/votacio.phtml?idVideo=15441&Ste...

Can you imagine seeing 30-40 of them doing this all at once?

This message was edited Apr 27, 2008 12:00 AM