Psilos Bird Photography |
Black winged stilt Himantopus himantopus |
Related to the Avocet family these birds
are mainly to be found breeding in southern and southeastern Europe,
southern Asia and north Africa in marshes, shallow lakes and ponds.
It is a social bird often found in small groups. Its diet consists of
aquatic insects, but will also take molluscs and crustaceans.
The birds in the photos below were photographed at San salenes,
Ibiza. |
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Juvenile Stilts are mottled brown with pale
legs. |
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