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Black-Winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description:

They were scared by me and squatted down for security

Habitat:

Wetlands

Notes:

Their parents used little rocks and stems creating a nest on the ground near the fish ponds.

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2 Comments

LucSu
LucSu 11 years ago

Thanks to remind, I'll try it

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Picture 2 is a perfect example of a scrape nest. Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

LucSu
Spotted by
LucSu

Tainan City, Taiwan

Spotted on Nov 3, 2012
Submitted on Nov 8, 2012

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