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346) Black Winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus, Kedidi Kaki Panjang
This is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family. They have long pink legs, a long thin black bill and are blackish above and white below, with a white head and neck with a varying amount of black. Males have a black back, often with greenish gloss. Females' backs have a brown hue, contrasting with the black remiges. The breeding habitat of all these stilts is marshes, shallow lakes and ponds. Some populations are migratory and move to the ocean coasts in winter; those in warmer regions such as in Malaysia, are generally resident or short-range vagrants. These birds pick up their food from sand or water. They mainly eat insects and crustaceans.
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Saltator atripennis
(Black-winged Saltator / Saltador de alas negras)
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The Black-winged Saltator is a fairly common resident of humid montane forest on the west slope of the Andes from southern Ecuador to northern Colombia. It is more difficult to see than some other species of saltator, perhaps due to its preference for the canopy and its avoidance of clearings.
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A male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) at the Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Tucson, Arizona.
Burning bush
Huso con alas
Flügel-Spindelstrauch
Burning bush is a species of flowering plant native to central and northern China, Japan, and Korea. The common name "burning bush" comes from the bright red fall color. It is a popular ornamental plant in gardens and parks due to its bright pink or orange fruit and attractive fall color. This plant is regarded as an invasive species of woodlands in eastern North America.
Canon EOS REBEL T3i
New Jersey, USA
Though widely distributed around the globe, the gracious but nervous Black-winged stilt is not a common sight here in Belgium. As a migratory bird it can sometimes be spotted in the spring and summer months. It winters in southern Europe and northern Africa.
Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus).
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A momentary pause to check her surroundings before sipping the nectar. View full size for details of this beauty's bad hair day.
This spring has been quite a good year for seeing Blue-winged Warblers and it has been a fun challenge to get photos of them. To my delight this one spent several minutes eating what I am pretty sure were aphids just a few feet from me. It’s amazing to me that those tiny bugs are enough to be worth the bird’s while. I guess that worked to my advantage, this warbler must have eaten a hundred or so of them while I watched. Had they been bigger maybe I wouldn’t have had as much time with this beauty.
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Vermivora cyanoptera
A Northern Shoveler gives a big wing stretch on a beautiful winter day. There is still a month to go for winter by the calendar but the birds are showing a lot of breeding behavior.
Popped in for a second and was gone. They are a member of those huge flocks of black birds we see this time of the year. Or earlier. Pretty impressive sharp beaks.
Green-winged Teal: Male
Anas crecca
This bird was the third species of this morning's birding trip that I was able to photograph. I find the male to be challenging to get the right coloring of the head in my photos. I do not adjust the colors of the birds I see.
While waiting for Erin at hockey training last night I spotted this Magpie Lark watching the sun go down.
Posting early today as we are off to Melbourne Zoo with Di's Dad as a school holiday outing.
Happy Wing Wednesday!
I saw a Lace Wing on a window with its reflection creating a fine photo opportunity. It got camera shy after a while and flew away, and all the shots I got were rubbish. This was the best of a bad lot, so I decided to try rescung it with a bit of creative processing.
Wikipedia: The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia, but northern populations are generally migratory, moving south to Mexico and the Southern United States. Claims have been made that it is the most abundant living land bird in North America, as bird-counting censuses of wintering red-winged blackbirds sometimes show that loose flocks can number in excess of a million birds per flock and the full number of breeding pairs across North and Central America may exceed 250 million in peak years. It also ranks among the best-studied wild bird species in the world. The red-winged blackbird is sexually dimorphic; the male is all black with a red shoulder and yellow wing bar, while the female is a nondescript dark brown. Seeds and insects make up the bulk of the red-winged blackbird's diet.
Conservation status: Least Concern
The boys are back in town! They started straggling in about three weeks ago but now they are back in force setting up their territories. Soon the ladies will arrive and choose their mates.