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I was going to wait a week, but I like these too much -- the theme this week is shorebirds redux: leftovers from the first round of shorebirds. Starting with:
phalarope (FAL-uh-rohp) - n., any of three species of small wading birds of the genus Phalaropus, related to sandpipers and shanks.
Unlike most waders, phalaropes can swim (they have lobate toes) and spend much of the time on the water. They feed by swimming in a small, rapid circle, creating a whirlpool that pulls up food from the (shallow) bottom. The name was adopted in the 1770s from Frech, from New Latin Phalaropus, the genus name, which was coined, badly, from Greek roots phalārís, coot (from phalaros, lit. having a white spot -- the Eurasian coot has a bright white area on its forehead) + po(d)us, foot. Yes, these sandpipers are coot-footed.
---L.
phalarope (FAL-uh-rohp) - n., any of three species of small wading birds of the genus Phalaropus, related to sandpipers and shanks.
Unlike most waders, phalaropes can swim (they have lobate toes) and spend much of the time on the water. They feed by swimming in a small, rapid circle, creating a whirlpool that pulls up food from the (shallow) bottom. The name was adopted in the 1770s from Frech, from New Latin Phalaropus, the genus name, which was coined, badly, from Greek roots phalārís, coot (from phalaros, lit. having a white spot -- the Eurasian coot has a bright white area on its forehead) + po(d)us, foot. Yes, these sandpipers are coot-footed.
---L.
