Black Necked Stilt

Posted by Alan Murphy on Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:44 pm

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I shot this a few hours ago with Wayne. We got to watch one of the eggs hatch. By this point the chick had moved off the nest and the parent bird came in to remove the egg shell. You can still see another egg in the nest.
Hope you like the behavior in this shot. If was an amazing experience seeing it.

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by Kristi Graham on Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:50 pm

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Beautiful shot of the Black Necked Stilt Alan!
To be correct, thanks Vince...A great shot of role reversal! He's doing the clean up and she was thoughtful to leave him the flowers!

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:51 pm

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Wonderful documentation of this behavior.

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by Jill on Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:43 pm

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Incredible image, Alan!!!!! What a thrill to witness this action!!!!

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by Mike Wilson on Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:41 am

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So neat to see this Alan. I'm quite green with envy.

I've never seen this before.

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by Carol Clarke on Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:09 am

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Wonderful catch of this behaviour Alan, and beautifully documented. Excellent shot of this beautiful bird!!

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by stevebein on Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:21 am

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by KK Hui on Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:11 am

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A wonderful shot, Alan!

I can just see the other egg there ...

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by Gaelo on Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:59 am

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Holy cow! Amazing experience. I love the daisies on the left.

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by NDCheryl on Tue Jun 15, 2004 6:00 am

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Great behaviour shot Alan. I am sure it was a treat to witness and document this. I look forward to seeing a shot of the newly hatched chick...

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by Sandy Mossberg on Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:59 am

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Simply wonderful, Alan. A bit more saturation would be in order (the legs look pale).

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by fredcor on Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:27 am

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Superb

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by Greg Downing on Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:18 am

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Excellent shot and behavior! I thought there was nothing to shoot down there in the summer. Liar. I agree some selective (red) saturation would help pump up the pale legs.

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by Alan Murphy on Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:26 am

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Greg Downing wrote:Excellent shot and behavior! I thought there was nothing to shoot down there in the summer. Liar. I agree some selective (red) saturation would help pump up the pale legs.

Hey Greg and Sandy, The legs were that pale. I found many Stilt nests and they all had pale legs. I too thought late june was dead around here, but yesterday I shot, Common nighthawk, which we found on a nest. Ruddy Turnstone in breeding plumage. Nesting Least terns still on eggs and more.

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by Wayne Nicholas on Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:44 am

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It really came out sweet, Alan. That was definitley a cool experience, wasn't it. I recall the light on this and this is defintely accurate for color. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get back out there today to try to catch #2 hatching. But, I'm going back after the Nighthawk in a day or so.

Just FYI, it took almost 1 1/2 hours for the chick to actually break out and try to stand. Who knows how long it was chipping at the inside of the egg prior to seeing a little daylight.

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by Greg Downing on Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:53 am

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Yeah, they are at least a month past breeding plumage at the hatching stage so it makes sense for the legs to be this pale.

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by Vince Thomas on Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:55 am

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Great shot Alan. I hate to contradict Kristi... but, I have observed this behavior a couple of times and it is the MALE that does the clean-up. Usually about 15 minutes after the hatch he will remove the shell fragments and fly off a considerable distance (in my observation a 1/4 mile or more), drop the shell and return. Alan's image confirms this observation since this is a male Stilt... good try Kristi! He did leave flowers for her though...
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by Karen S on Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:29 am

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Alan this is Awesome.....the daisies to the left and the action with an egg is super

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by AForns on Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:43 am

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Cool... I did not know they did that

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by jayparedes on Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:15 am

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Great shot. Nice pose, and I love the egg shell.

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