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Black-winged Stilt, (juvenile)
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David7

Black-winged Stilt, (juvenile) (Himantopus himantopus)

A handsome and elegant bird with very long legs, this allows the Stilt to have the advantage of wading in deeper waters. Feeds mainly on Insects from the surface of water, wet mud, and plant stems. A noisy bird, especially in the summer months.
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Habitat
Prefers shallow reedy pools, flooded fields, rice paddies, salt pans and the shallows of salt lakes.
Location
Alicante, Spain
Date taken
July 2015
Scientific name
Himantopus himantopus
Equipment used
Nikon
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B
superb, detailed, capture of this elegant youngster, David, splendid lighting and great details, top marks, many tfs!!
 
Kits
Wonderful detail, pose, lighting and clarity, David.
 
Stanley Jones
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Exceptional close-up of this youngster. Superb image quality and clarity. Great pose and setting David. TFS!
 
KC Foggin
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Such an elegant wader and captured beautifully David!
 
delia todd
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That's such a lovely youngster you've found here David.

A tremendous picture too lad - very well done.
 

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Category
Britain & Europe
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David7
Date added
View count
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Comment count
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Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D800
Aperture
ƒ/4
Focal length
280.0 mm
Exposure time
1/320
ISO
180
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSC_9074Wnc copy.jpg
File size
77.4 KB
Date taken
Fri, 03 July 2015 7:10 AM
Dimensions
638px x 600px

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