Black-winged Stilt ♂


Posted by KK Hui on Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:39 pm

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Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

On a sunny afternoon yesterday, 09 Jan 2025.

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by Karl Egressy on Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:57 pm
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Excellent landing capture.
 

by paul fletcher on Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:59 pm
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A fine image, KK. Quite a set of legs on this species- the pink colour, is a nice contrasting colour, in your photograph.
 

by Axel Hildebrandt on Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:26 am
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Great incoming pose and details, KK.
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by david fletcher on Fri Jan 10, 2025 2:30 pm
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Beautifully done KK. They look so graceful!
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by Tim Zurowski on Sat Jan 11, 2025 12:34 am
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Very well done KK. You caught him in a nice landing pose with excellent details
 

by Cynthia Crawford on Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:31 pm
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This bird stands out so beautifully against that dark background-legs, eye, white...lovely to see. Great pose too.
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