CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Himantopus himantopus  

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
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© Vik Dunis 2014
Werribee, VIC (Apr, 2014)

Faceless and legless, one leg less anyway, Black-winged Stilts at rest as the sun approaches the western horizon.

I tried it myself, standing on one leg in a bath of cold water with my head rotated near backwards. Couldn't get to sleep at all.

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Sitting on the nest

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

A Black-winged Stilt Nightmare?

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt in flight

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Immature Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Checking the Nest

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Protecting the nest

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

The Faceless Men, sorry, Birds