Wilson's Phalarope at Blenheim Lagoons

Male Wilson's Phalarope at Blenheim Lagoons on 21 May 2018. Males have a duller breeding plumage than females.

VIDEO: Wilson's Phalarope preening, swimming and feeding

 

Male Wilson's Phalarope.

 

White-rumped Sandpiper in breeding plumage and Semipalmated Sandpiper also in breeding plumage on 21 May 2018.

VIDEO: Shorebirds feeding in the sprinklers at Blenheim Lagoons

 

Semipalmated Sandpiper in breeding plumage on 21 May 2018.

 

Dunlin in breeding plumage on 21 May 2018

 

Dunlin and White-rumped Sandpiper pecking insects off the water at Blenheim Lagoons on 21 May 2018.

 

Sprinklers at Blenheim is where the shorebirds are