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himantopus mexicanus

  1. Black Necked Stilt

    Black Necked Stilt

    • MitchP
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    • himantopus mexicanus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  2. Colourful legs

    Colourful legs

    Up on that massive pipe I mentioned before (the one I advised you can ignore to pretend you're out in nature, but obviously I don't always do as I say - and anyway, I do want to show what the area is actually like) was a line-up of birds with variously coloured legs. Here are the most colourful...
    • Doc Duck
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    • black-necked stilt greater yellowlegs himantopus mexicanus tringa melanoleuca
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  3. Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt

    Standing on a patch of soggy land as the tide rolled in.
    • Doc Duck
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    • black-necked stilt himantopus mexicanus
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: North America
  4. Stilt

    Stilt

    I may stop here with the California trip report. I just took a wildlife photography course at Nottingham University last week and hopefully I'll be taking even better shots over the coming days and weeks now. We'll see. I'm told the weather has been pretty dismal back home, so I may continue...
    • Doc Duck
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    • black-necked stilt himantopus mexicanus
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  5. Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt

    This is a local rarity, I was lucky it was still where reported.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados black-necked stilt himantopus mexicanus st. lucy
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  6. Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • black-necked stilt estero llano grande state park hidalgo county himantopus mexicanus subsp. mexicanus texas usa weslaco
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: North America
  7. Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt

    Closely related to Avocets, I was struck how this individual used its bill to sweep through the mud using precisely the same feeding strategy as the American Avocet.
    • jmorlan
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    • black-necked stilt california himantopus mexicanus usa video
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  8. Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt

    Pair that flew in for a few minutes near to me.... and then flew out.
    • benoitjh
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    • black necked stilt british columbia himantopus mexicanus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  9. Black-necked-Stilt-Salton-Sea.jpg

    Black-necked-Stilt-Salton-Sea.jpg

    So delicate looking, but so well adapted.
    • bajadreamer
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    • black-necked stilt california himantopus mexicanus usa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  10. Black-necked stilts, back for spring breeding

    Black-necked stilts, back for spring breeding

    Our stilts typically arrive in early March to the wetlands, when the waters are more shallow, so they can breed and build their low ground-based nests on the mudflats. This was the first one I've spotted at the local wetlands this year.
    • Zackiedawg
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    • black-necked stilt himantopus mexicanus stilt
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  11. Black-necked stilt with chicks

    Black-necked stilt with chicks

    An elegant long-legged parent walking along the shore with her two chicks in tow. Stilt chicks are among the cutest you'll see - like little painted cottonballs with legs.
    • Zackiedawg
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    • black-necked stilt chicks florida himantopus mexicanus stilt usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  12. Black-necked Stilts

    Black-necked Stilts

    Undercarriage down, cleared for landing!
    • AndyS56
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    • 1bb bear river black-necked stilt brigham city himantopus mexicanus usa utah
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  13. Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt

    This is a male admiring his reflection. Females are similar but have more brown on the back. These dapper, elegant shorebirds reportedly have the second-longest legs in proportion to their bodies of any bird, exceeded only by flamingos. This is nominate H. m. mexicanus showing less extensive...
    • jmorlan
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    • himantopus mexicanus
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  14. Brackish Is Beauthiful II

    Brackish Is Beauthiful II

    Black-necked Stilt, Isla Isabela, Galapagos - - -
    • jeffworman
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    • black-necked stilt isla isabela galapagos ecuador himantopus mexicanus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  15. Brackish Is Beautiful I

    Brackish Is Beautiful I

    Black-necked Stilt, wading in a brackish lagoon on Isla Isabela, Galapagos - - -
    • jeffworman
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    • black-necked stilt isla isabela galapagos ecuador himantopus mexicanus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  16. Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus subsp. mexicanus) Sexes similar. This one escorted me out of its territory. I feel sure it had young. Photographed in Galveston Island State Park, northeast of Jamaica Beach, Galveston County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, coastal prairie at ca. 3 m (10.7...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • black-necked stilt galveston county galveston island state park himantopus mexicanus northeast of jamaica beach texas usa
    • Comments: 31
    • Category: North America
  17. Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt

    • njlarsen
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    • bosque del apache himantopus mexicanus new mexico usa
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  18. BLACK-NECK STILT COUPLE POST MATING

    BLACK-NECK STILT COUPLE POST MATING

    Couple of Black-neck Stilts relaxing after mating.
    • 4Niles
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    • black-neck stilt himantopus mexicanus stilt
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  19. Black-necked Stilt

    Black-necked Stilt

    • hga
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    • himantopus mexicanus
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  20. Black-necked Stilt in flight

    Black-necked Stilt in flight

    Black-necked Stilt
    • 4Niles
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    • black-necked stilt himantopus mexicanus
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  21. Black Necked Stilt

    Black Necked Stilt

    I visited Assateague Island , and Ocean City Md this weekend. I can a at least 10 birds to my life list. I really need to start using my tripod again. My number of usable shots are not as high as I would like.
    • george2524
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    • black necked stilt himantopus mexicanus
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  22. Roseate Spoonbill under attack by Black-necked Stilt

    Roseate Spoonbill under attack by Black-necked Stilt

    This photo was taken at the Indian River Wetlands Treatment Facility, near Vero Beach Florida. This was an unusual event between a pair of Black-necked Stilts and a Roseate Spoonbill.
    • jonsund
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    • ajaia ajaja black-necked stilt fight himantopus mexicanus roseate spoonbill
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  23. Black-necked Stilt - Adult

    Black-necked Stilt - Adult

    This male Black-necked Stilt was foraging near the juvenile BN Stilt recently posted. These are among the most graceful and delicate of all the shorebirds. The adult male has a black back, as here, while the female is dark black-brown. The adults have more intense red-pink legs than the juveniles.
    • blubird
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    • adult black-necked stilt himantopus mexicanus male
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
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