Red or Red-necked Phalaropes at AI

[cldavis at xmission dot com]

I Went to Antelope Island today to celebrate Columbus Day and it was pretty
slow until around 11:30 a.m. or so when I saw a large bird out of the
corner of my eye at the Ranch and it was a GREAT HORNED OWL.  I don't think
I've seen one on the island EVER (even though they've been reported many
times). I even happened on him again in another tree later on.  This one
didn't fly off immediately and scare the bejeebers out of me like the
LEO's.
Also at Garr Ranch there was RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, pine siskins,
yellow-rumps, flickers, ruby-crowns, and a little wren with a faint white
line above the eye and a long tail (maybe house wren). I didn't get a very
long look.
Along the causeway were the usual birds only much closer to shore now that
the guns are going off on the opposite shore.  Nice day to see ducks and
shorebirds.
Now, near the Marina and memorial I saw two RED or RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and
I took some pictures if someone would like to tell me which they are.  There
are five photos at:
http://xmission.com/~cldavis/whatphalarope.html

Carol
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