black-winged stilts

Black-winged stilts

Black-winged Stilts

I am ever so fascinated by these black & white beauties flying together. They invariably take off enmass when they sense any danger, do a few circuits & land together once the coast is clear.

The Gambia November 2016 with guide Ebou Barry. It amazed me that about a hundred or so of these birds should be wading in a sewage pond!

Taken last year when the drain water pool was full of bird activity. You can see the hint of a sandpiper also at top right hand side.

Hi all, SF is here again :).....thought this one could give you a laugh.....as the Spoonbill was preening these three kept going from side to side of it and it seemed to get a little bit annoyed! Hope you enjoy!

There were 23 of them at the drain water pool, my local birding patch, that day. They seemed comfortable with me around but took off suddenly when a herd of buffaloes appeared. Managed to capture 20(and half, lol) of them in flight.

Hi all, just sharing my sanctuary....there is always a lot to see at this locale and I'm able to take time out and enjoy for a short time, so I cram as many shots as I can get and then have the fun of picking out the best to keep when I get time......do hope you all enjoy too!

Shot over my regular birding patch, the drain water pool. There are 22 BW Stilts here. On that day, I counted 26 of them there.

During my recent visit to the patch, I was happy to see that some of the birds back at this patch. Though this image is from an earlier visit.

As I said, the B&W Brigade!!! The last one to come in to land was making the one in the middle a little bit nervous! I also had a Black Swan nearby as well as a Eurasian Coot in the background, so for a dull day had lots of fun! Thanks in advance for looking and apologies for not making many...

Shot on the river bank at my native village.

Here is another multi-species image, with Black-Winged Stilts, Cattle Egret, Sandpipers and Indian Pond Herons; from the drain water pool. Different species visit the pool and every time I visit it there are different combinations on view egging me to visit it again and again.

This quartet of Black-Winged Stilts seem to be practising Yoga Mudra in tandem.

Trio of black-winged stilts on the look out for prey at a drain water puddle.

When Pete and I are on our way down to Williamstown we go along the coast road to see if there are any Pelicans around (Pete's fav subject)...we have to cross a small bridge over a drain and sometimes we're lucky enough to find Egrets but in this case, Stilts, both parents and bub in the middle...

There was a group of 7 Black-winged Stilts along Nam Cheon late in the evening.

The stilts are back.

Told you

As you will see

Can't resist these elegant waders.

Yesterday was our anniversary day. Love, for my Love :)