Terry and I didn?t realize how unlikely red-necked phalaropes would be at this time of year, and after she got a better look at her photos it turns out that it was a pair of red phalaropes at Ridgefield NWR, not red-necked.
John

> On Nov 16, 2016, at 6:09 PM, John Bishop <bishopjg at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Leslie Carlson and Barry Woodruff reported two RED PHALAROPES from a large pond on St. John?s Road just south of NE 88th St. They were still there at dusk when I saw them. The pond is viewable from the street at an undeveloped lot on NE 39th Ave. at the location shown in my e-bird list:
> http://ebird.org/ebird/pnw/view/checklist/S32585187 <http://ebird.org/ebird/pnw/view/checklist/S32585187>
> They were still there at dusk when I left, so maybe a good chance to see them in the morning.
>
> This morning Terry Anderson reported a couple of RED NECKED PHALAROPES at the Ridgefield NWR River S unit, near post 7.
>
> Cheers,
> John