Little bird flaps
by Ruth Jolly
Title
Little bird flaps
Artist
Ruth Jolly
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A baby Black-neck Stilt, A striking black-and-white bird with very long, thin red legs, the Black-necked Stilt is found along the edges of shallow water in open country. Black-necked Stilts inhabit shallow wetlands from the western United States to Central America and parts of South America. In the United States, Black-necked Stilts are commonly found in salt ponds, flooded lowlands, or shallow lagoons. Human-maintained wetlands such as sewage ponds or flooded pastures are particularly suitable habitats for these birds.Black-necked Stilts nest on the ground. They tend to build on surfaces above water, such as small islands, clumps of vegetation, or even, occasionally, floating mats of algae. Both female and male Black-necked Stilt choose the site; they look for places with a soft substrate that can be scraped away to form the depression in which they nest. Black-necked Stilts wade for their food, and will only swim or dive when under duress. During breeding and during winter, they are strongly territorial birds, and are particularly aggressive to chicks that are not their own. When not breeding, Black-necked Stilts roost and forage in closely packed groups, often staying within a foot of each other. Black-necked Stilts are semi-colonial when nesting, and they participate en masse in anti-predator displays. The displays include one in which non incubating birds fly up to mob predators and one in which all birds encircle a predator, hop up and down, and flap their wings. This baby is aprox. 5 days old in Gilbert, Arizona. Fine Art America watermark will not appear on purchased artwork.
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June 5th, 2013
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Comments (46)
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L Congratulations on your features!
Tony Lee
Awesome image of this little one!!! I can already see the darkening of the head and neck! Lovely reflection!
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations! Your wonderful photograph is FEATURED on the home page of The 200 Club FAA/Pixels rising star photography group. To ensure that your noteworthy work remains visible between the next set of features and graduation, I invite you to post your photograph in the group's Features Archive 2021 discussion and/or other appropriate threads. Thank you for sharing your visions and for your participation in our unique club.
Debra Martz
Such a precious capture! Congratulations on your well deserved Dawn's Delight recognition in Wild Birds of the World group!!
Dawn Currie
Congratulations on being featured on our home page and named among ‘Dawn’s Delights’ this week. This image has that extra something special that makes it an extraordinary image.
Dawn Currie
Congratulations! This fine image of an identified wild bird is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the 2021 Features Archive and Thanks discussion for additional visibility.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Ruth, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Dawn Currie
Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! You are invited to archive it in the 2020 Pure Nature Photography Thanks and Features Archive discussion thread for longer lasting visibility.
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