Black-winged stilts are well named both for their wing colour and those incredibly long, delicate legs, which are perfect for wading around in shallow water while the slightly upturned beak shifts the water surface for insects.
For people who know them they are usually a favourite because they never fail to look beautiful moving around in a kind of dainty water ballet. They are so delicate you couldn't imagine them being aggressive but they do occasionally have minor tussles with each other that are more about display than actually coming to blows.
Where I live in Thailand we are very lucky as they are very common here and I see them every week, sometimes every day. When the field next door was flooded we could even watch them from the kitchen window! And they are large enough and distinct enough to watch without the need for binoculars.
They are happy in any sizeable water that isn't deeper than about six inches so flooded paddy-fields are a regular hangout for them. In this case I took these photos in an area of salt-pans near the coast which is famous for all sorts of wading birds visiting for the winter. You can see some of the smaller, harder to identify birds in the background. However, these black-winged stilts are one of the few that stay with us all year.
These shallow kinds of water happen to be excellent places for good reflections as their surface doesn't get as disturbed by waves and ripples as deeper ponds or lakes.
It's great to know that you have the opportunity to see these beautiful birds, dear friend @hadrianwild, they are really beautiful birds
What a great shot, you got very beautiful reflections. Thank you very much for showing us these beautiful images of shadows
Have a wonderful morning
Thank you. You too!
Such clear reflections, lovely!
Hmm I wish we had a lot of birds here this year we hardly had any rains and the birds have gone missing. I haven't taken many bird photos this year.
That doesn't sound good! Very little rain here as well but there is an irrigation system that helps keep the birds around.
Yay! 🤗
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Very cool bird photos ... I like how they look on this water 😊☃️⛄👌👌👌🦊☕
Thank you!
Npr 👌😊☕... I hope you find more soon 🙏👌😊☕🦊⛄☃️🎄