Black Necked Stilts – Mating Rituals And Copulation
This was my first observation of mating birds of any species this season. As you can imagine, it made my day. (16 photos)
Tag: himantopus mexicanus
Why Black-necked Stilts Can Only Swallow Very Small Fish
Black-necked Stilt In Flight
Black-necked Stilt Calling At Takeoff
Eight days ago at Bear River MBR I spent a big part of the morning watching aggressive interactions between pairs of Black-necked Stilts and American Avocets that were raising chicks.
High-steppin’ Black-necked Stilt
Black-necked Stilt At Nest With Eggs Plainly Visible
Nesting Black-necked Stilts – The Changing Of The Guard
Including a snippet of endearing tern behavior that I’d never seen before. Or even heard of. (12 photos)
Landing Black-necked Stilt
Juvenile Black-necked Stilt Portrait
Black-necked Stilt Stretching One Of Its ‘Stilts’
Juvenile Black-necked Stilt
Black-necked Stilt Wing Stretch From An Unusual Perspective
Black-necked Stilt (+ an interesting leveling/rotation technique)
Sometimes we have to be creative to come up with leveling cues when an image needs rotation.
A Black-necked Stilt And The Quirkiness Of Reflections
We often think of reflections of birds in water as being exact upside down copies of the birds themselves but that’s just not the case, even when the water is as smooth as glass. “Mirror images” aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
A Black-necked Stilt And A Little Weirdness
These aren’t serious images, in fact I’d probably categorize them as novelty photos. But I still find them visually interesting and somehow they seem appropriate for Saturday morning.
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Why Black-necked Stilts Can Only Swallow Very Small Fish
Black-necked Stilt In Flight
Black-necked Stilt Calling At Takeoff
Eight days ago at Bear River MBR I spent a big part of the morning watching aggressive interactions between pairs of Black-necked Stilts and American Avocets that were raising chicks.
High-steppin’ Black-necked Stilt
Black-necked Stilt At Nest With Eggs Plainly Visible
Nesting Black-necked Stilts – The Changing Of The Guard
Including a snippet of endearing tern behavior that I’d never seen before. Or even heard of. (12 photos)
Landing Black-necked Stilt
Juvenile Black-necked Stilt Portrait
Black-necked Stilt Stretching One Of Its ‘Stilts’
Juvenile Black-necked Stilt
Black-necked Stilt Wing Stretch From An Unusual Perspective
Black-necked Stilt (+ an interesting leveling/rotation technique)
Sometimes we have to be creative to come up with leveling cues when an image needs rotation.
A Black-necked Stilt And The Quirkiness Of Reflections
We often think of reflections of birds in water as being exact upside down copies of the birds themselves but that’s just not the case, even when the water is as smooth as glass. “Mirror images” aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
A Black-necked Stilt And A Little Weirdness
These aren’t serious images, in fact I’d probably categorize them as novelty photos. But I still find them visually interesting and somehow they seem appropriate for Saturday morning.