Mr and Mrs Stilt
Mr and Mrs Stilt, more new birds to my list. I believe the first photo is a female stilt because the second photo is the male and he was sure guarding this first bird as if it is his mate.
Black-necked Stilts are among the most stately of the shorebirds, with long rose-pink legs, a long thin black bill, and elegant black-and-white plumage that make them unmistakable at a glance. They move deliberately when foraging, walking slowly through wetlands in search of tiny aquatic prey. When disturbed, stilts are vociferous, to put it mildly, and their high, yapping calls carry for some distance.
Of course Texas is a great place to see the the Greater Roadrunner. They actually have some color along the side of their face and wings and tail feather. Which I did not know and yes they do run very fast. Video of the Greater Roadrunner below or click HERE; The Greater Roadrunner
Mr and Mrs Stilt
44 Replies to “Mr and Mrs Stilt”
Nice one dear
Thank you very much 😊
Mine pleasure dear
That’s quite a long beak on the Stilt. The Roadrunner looks like he has powerful legs – no wonder he can run like the wind!
Stilts are so pretty and elegant looking 😊
Yes, amazing looking with those long beaks!
Nice
Thank you 🙂
Your welcome dear
Sandra, first shot is actually not a BN Stilt. Without a few different angles I have to go with a Lesser Yellowlegs as the bill looks fairly straight vs the Greater which has a slight uptern. Again, would probably need to look at a few different angles to be sure. Huge fan of the Roadrunner and one of my two totem animals – in fact it was the first ink I had done with the numbers 26.2 under it ha.
Someone else mentioned that. I did not even consider that it had yellow legs which makes it so different from the stilt. They were hanging out together like they were mates. The stilt was following the other one very close. So I assumed they were together 😊
I have Roadrunners in my yard all the time!
That would be so nice to see everyday. They are actually more colorful than I thought they were.
Awesome images!
Thank you very much 😊
Love the stilts. Roadrunners are usually too fast for me to get a good shot.
Now is the bird with yellow legs a ‘yellow legs’ rather than a stilt?
Good eye on the yellow legs. You know I am not sure, when I was watching them they stayed around each other the entire time like they were mates, so I just assumed they were male and female. I will have to look that up.
Awesome photos. I loved roadrunners as a kid. I had not thought of them in years. Today I have seen two photos of one. It is a good day.
This is my first time seeing road runners. They are so fast and more colorful than I thought they would be.
As always, a great photo lineup. I’ve never seen a Road Runner in person.
Thank you Ron, yes my first time seeing them also. We saw them along the roads when driving and then when we got to this one campground their was a pair there. So they were always running around the campsites.
Every once in awhile, I see a roadrunner in my neighborhood, which I think is really cool!
That is cool, they are good at eating snakes and such. I like that.
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Thank you Francine 😊
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Thank you. Such interesting birds.
You are very welcome 😊
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Thank you 🙂
Love the footage of your greater Roadrunner Sandra. They are a bird I would love to see in action. I have seen footage of them catch and kill a rattlesnake, they are amazing birds.
Thank you, yes they are so interesting to watch. I like how they use their tails for balance and stopping, they are so fast.
Black-necked Stilts are very elegant, they look like they are ready to go to the ball. 😉
As for the Greater Roadrunner, I had never seen it like this. Beautiful shots.
Thank you, yes they so pretty with the coloring they have. The roadrunner was actually more colorful than I thought also. 😉
Nice shots of the stilts and the road runner is a real athlete 😉
Have a nice day Sandra.
Thank you Rudi, you to 🙂
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bonne journée
Thank you very much Patrick 🙂
Quelle élégance ces oiseaux !
Thank you 🙂
Birds are busy as they always!
Yes, 🙂