Wilson’s Phalaropes

Twelve Years In Utah

By Mia McPherson|July 10th, 2021|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Red-necked Phalaropes, Utah, Wilson's Phalaropes|Tags: adult, flight, flock, flocks, flying, Great Salt Lake, hypersaline lake, lake, migration, Murmuration, phalarope, phalaropes, Phalaropus lobatus, Phalaropus tricolor, phenomenon, Red-necked Phalaropes, shorebirds, summer, water, Wilson's Phalaropes|

Twelve years ago this morning I woke in Grand Island, Nebraska. I was a little more than 800 miles from my destination of Salt Lake City.

Incredible Phalarope Migration Happening Now at the Great Salt Lake

By Mia McPherson|July 19th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Red-necked Phalaropes, Utah, Wilson's Phalaropes|Tags: causeway, fall migration, flight, flock, flocks, Fremont Island, Great Salt Lake, migration, Murmuration, phalaropes, Phalaropus lobatus, Phalaropus tricolor, Red-necked Phalarope, shorebirds, Wilson's Phalaropes|

Red-necked and Wilson's Phalaropes have started their fall migration and one of the places where they gather in large numbers is the Great Salt Lake where they show up in the tens of thousands to feed and rest before continuing their journey.