Smalnäbbad simsnäppa - Phalaropus lobatus - Red-necked Phalarope

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Smalnäbbad simsnäppa - Phalaropus lobatus - Red-necked Phalarope

© NF Photo 140601, at an airport on the south part of Iceland

Smalnäbbad simsnäppa - Phalaropus lobatus - Red-necked Phalarope

© NF Photo 140531, Myvatn

Both are probably females.

One of my favourite birds but rarely seen in Sweden. They breed in the northern mountainrange.

About Red-necked Phalarope on  wiki

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Islandsknipa - Bucephala islandica - Barrow's goldeneye

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Islandsknipa - Bucephala islandica - Barrow's goldeneye

© NF Photo 140531, Myvatn, Iceland

This one is a little larger then the Common Goldeneye and differs a little in colors and markings.

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Sångsvan - Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan

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 Sångsvan - Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan

© NF Photo 140531, Iceland

The Whopper Swan seemed to thrive in the wilderness of nothern Iceland.

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Eurasian Teal, Common Merganser, Mallard

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Kricka - Anas crecca - Eurasian Teal

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Storskrake - Mergus merganser - Common Merganser/Goosander

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Gräsand - Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard

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A few of the birds, all male,  I spotted in Iceland that is not lifers to me but well known 

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