Phalaropes!

Red-necked Phalaropes are such cute things, so I was more than happy, when I got to scetch them through a friends telescope for a while on Monday. The painting I did based on the scetches and checking color pattenrs and details from photos.

A Phalarope running on sand was a new sight to me. There were 5 of them scurrying arond among the gulls. Eventually some of them decided to give us a swimming performance, swirling in water in their trademark manner.