A Wilson's Phalarope feeds on midges and brine flies in the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Phalaropes typically feed by swimming in circles and flushing out their prey, but here I observed them stalking the flies, pouncing on them at the end. The glowing water is from the setting sun filtering through skies filled with smoke from wildfires.
A group of WIlson's phalaropes feed on insects at the water's edge in the Great Salt Lake. Phalaropes are a polyandrous bird species and a single female will mate will multiple males. Unlike most other bird species, female phalaropes are more colorful than the males.
