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From: Debbie House
Sighting_Date: July 22-23
Remote Name: 207.214.245.100
Date: 24 Jul 2003
Time: 20:07:35 -0400
It was a three-phalarope day for me on 7/22 - Amongst the 10,000 or so Red-necked (mostly) and Wilsons "ropes" was a lone juvenile Red Phalarope. The coloration of his head and chest made him stand out like a sore thumb. He allowed me to approach within about 30 m of him as he sat on tufa near shore, just east of the big tufa at the Wilson Creek delta. At Warm Springs on 7/23 were two Ruddy Turnstones. In addition to big numbers of phalaropes off of Wilson Creek (but mostly Red-necked), there were very large numbers of both Wilson's and Red-necked off of Samman's Spring area.