#black winged stilt

[kavohh707]

Cute little juvenil black-winged stilt. Just look at those long legs. It is really not easy for them to reach the ground, a bit like a giraffe.

#black winged stilt #wading bird #birds #stelzenläufer

[snototter]

A black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) foraging for food in India

by Gail Hampshire

#black winged stilt #stilts #waders #birds #Himantopus himantopus #Himantopus #Recurvirostridae #Charadriiformes #aves #chordata #wildlife: india

[webberwoof]

some silly stilts

#birds #birding #ornithology #special interest #bird #bird photography #birdblr #stilts #pied stilt #black winged stilt

[geopsych]

Also, the birds in southern Portugal are not like the birds in Pennsylvania. I even saw flamingos from a distance!

#portugal #birds #eurasian hoopoe #lapwing #black winged stilt

[birdblues]

Black-winged Stilt

#black winged stilt #stilt #Himantopus himantopus #Charadriiformes #Recurvirostridae #Himantopus #bird #upl

[littlestampcollection]

#stamps #postage stamp #nature #animals #birds #black winged stilt #Botswana #1982 #1980s

[blogbirdfeather]

Black-winged Stilt - Pernilongo (Himantopus himantopus)

Vila Franca de Xira/Portugal (4/10/2023)

[Nikon D850; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR with Nikon AF-S TC-14E III; 1/2500s; F8; 500 ISO]

#birds #bird photography #birds in flight #waders #stilts #black winged stilt

[graveyardrabbit]

listen, I know everyone in the world has already made all kinds of jokes about bird names, however

I’m at all times delighted to know that there’s a whole family of birds named stilts because like

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yeah man, sure is

#birds #stilts #black winged stilt #black necked stilt #it was birdwatching walk day this morning #and there’s always an Abundance of these guys at the shore where I take my walk #so I am Thinking Of Them #more leg than bird and they’re beautiful and perfect for it #posting about birds on company time etc etc

[thebigkelu]

#birds #black winged stilt #échasse blanche #animals photography

[tenth-sentence]

And finally, in many species (e.g., Greylag Geese, Oystercatchers), individuals form bisexual trios that parent offspring together (often contrasting with heterosexual trios and/or homosexual pairs within the same species).⁶⁷

67. Western Gull (Hunt et al. 1984); Black-winged Stilt (Kitagawa 1988); Lesser Scaup Duck (Afton 1993; Munro 1941); Acorn Woodpecker (W. D. Koenig, personal communication); Squirrel Monkey (Ploog 1967:159-60); Greylag Goose (Lorenz 1979, 1991); Oystercatcher (Heg and van Treuren 1998). Although female coparents in Acorn Woodpeckers are "platonic" in that they do not specifically engage in courtship or sexual behavior with one another, they still participate in group mounting displays characteristic of this species (which usually include homosexual mounting and may actually involve mounting of their coparent).

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

#book quote #biological exuberance #bruce bagemihl #nonfiction #greylag goose #anser anser #oystercatcher #eurasian oystercatcher #haematopus ostralegus #bisexual #polyamory #child rearing #birds #heterosexual #homosexual #gay #lesbian #western gull #black winged stilt #lesser scaup duck #acorn woodpecker #squirrel monkey

[magnetothemagnificent]

According to Wikipedia, Black-winged Stilts are recorded to display homosexual behavior.....

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#gay birds #black winged stilt #my art #digital art #lesbians #gay #birds #character design

[kavohh707]

I am still sorting through the thousands of bird pictures that I've took in Portugal (yes, so many, 4318 to be precise). But I also tried to take some videos for the first time. As you can see, it is a bit shaky, because I've only mounted my heavy camera/lens on a monopod. Also, the video seems to be a bit fast, so I guess I have to look at the settings. Nevertheless, I think it is quite enjoyable to watch this black-winged stilt search for food in the shallow water. They were everywhere, well in every mudflat, and I quite like watching them stalking around on those long red legs.

#black winged stilt #wading birds #birds #stelzenläufer #Himantopus himantopus #birds of portugal #portugal

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Both females take turns incubating the eggs; in heterosexual pairs the two birds also share incubation duties, but in many cases the female contributes a disproportionately greater amount of time than does the male.

A nest with a "supernormal clutch" of eggs belonging to a pair of female Black-winged Stilts in Japan

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

#book quotes #biological exuberance #bruce bagemihl #nonfiction #black winged stilt #himantopus himantopus #black stilt #himantopus novaezelandiae #supernormal clutch #eggs #lesbian #incubation #japan

[webberwoof]

pied and black winged stilts 🖤🤍

#birds #birding #ornithology #i mean technically pied stilts are considered a subspecies of the black winged stilt Hoewever... #bird photography #bird #recurvirostridae #stilts #pied stilt #black winged stilt #special interest #birdblr

[oh-dear-so-queer]

Because the eggs they lay are usually infertile, it is likely that many female Black-winged Stilts in lesbian pairs are exclusively homosexual, i.e., they do not copulate with males (at least for the duration of their bond).

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

#book quote #biological exuberance #bruce bagemihl #nonfiction #black winged stilt #himantopus himantopus #lesbian

[birdblues]

Black-winged Stilt

#black winged stilt #stilt #Himantopus himantopus #upl #bird