Black-necked Stilts
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A few weeks ago, I heard a couple of birders discussing that the Black-necked Stilts would soon be arriving in March. I remembered where I saw them last March and started watching that location for them since.
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Black-necked Stilts and Great Blue Heron
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Sure enough, I saw them the first week of March, right at the same wetlands location at Big Cypress Preserve as last year. I’ve seen them a few days since.
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Black-necked Stilts
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The Stilts species have the second-longest legs in proportion to their bodies of any bird (Flamingos rank first).
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Black-necked Stilts
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Black-necked Stilts can actually swim if necessary with their partially webbed toes and long wings.
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Black-necked Stilt (female)
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Black-necked Stilts
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Black-necked Stilt and Blue-winged Teal
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Black-necked Stilt and Yellowlegs
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Black-necked Stilts certainly are elegant with that stark black and white contrast and those long, rosy-pink legs!
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Very nice Donna! Great images of Black-necked Stilts! I have only seen them a couple of times and usually not close enough to photograph!
Thank you, Reed! I was excited to see them, and glad I stopped to get these photos 🙂
Beautiful Donna ! I love Stilts they are one of my favorite reflective photograph moments.
Thank you, Ashley! They are very photogenic for sure, I wish the winds would die down so I could get more reflections, but it’s to be a windy week.
Love that shot with the reflection in the blue water. Nice work.
Thank you very much!
My son had a Star Wars toy that had legs almost as long as those stilts. Lovely pictures.
Thank you, Tom!
How exciting that they arrived on schedule and right where you saw them last year. These are great photos. I especially love the single bird with reflection.
Thank you, Susan! This wetland area is along US 41, I quickly figured where to do a u-turn and went back for them. 🙂 They’ve been there since, I was worried that would have been my only sighting. lol
These are wonderful. Don’t think I’ve ever seen one before. 🤔
Thank you, Irene!
Great shots! I do love them pink stilts! 💕
Thank you, Gunta! Me too! 😊
Excellent shots, Donna. I like both birds, the Black-necked Stilts and the Yellow Legs. Good job! 🙂
Thank you, HJ! 😊
Lovely photos, Donna. They look like little Orca birds! 🙂
Thank you, Eliza, I now see that, cool! 🙂
never seen these before Donna! We don’t get them around here unfortunately.
Great shots!
Thank you, Wayne, I’m happy to introduce them to you! 🙂
You have to love that big white eye patch which looks like it must be an eye from a distance.
I see that ‘eye’ now, never did before. Cool!
It’s easier when you’ve never, ever seen one before… 😊
Great shots of these very elegant birds.
Thank you, Rudi, it was an exciting find!
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Very pretty bird! I love the close-up with its long and slender pink legs and curious little face…
Thank you, Barbara! I need a pair of those long, slender legs!! 😁
Leggy beauties…great habitat captures, Donna!
Thank you, Indira! Oh, if only I had a pair of those gorgeous, long legs! 😉
All fine shots! The solitary stilt showing off those long legs is my favourite 😊
Thank you, Belinda! Those rosy ballerina legs are pretty special! We need a pair!! 😊
Gorgeous shots, Donna. Those are very long legs indeed.
Thank you, Sylvia! Ballerina legs!! 😊
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I like the one standing on one leg.
Ms. Ballerina! 😊
Awesome photos! They remind me of panda bears! 🙂
Thank you! Awwwww……how cute! 😊
The black and white markings along with their bright pink legs make them quite unique and attractive! Nice shots Donna! I’m learning a lot about birds from you! 🙂
Thank you, Denise! They do give an look of elegance, I was glad I found them again this winter! 🙂
Love those stilts, Donna!
So much of the enjoyment comes from learning favorite species’ rhythms and behaviors, and then watching for their return.
Thank you, Martha! I very much agree!! 😊