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Black-winged Stilt

This Black-winged Stilt ((Himantopus himantopus
Recurvirostridae) has been photographed at Bowra, near Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia.

The long, slender bill of the Black-winged Stilt is used like a pair of fine tweezers as the bird forages by pecking at tiny invertebrates on the water’s surface. Although this is its most common feeding method, stilts have been recorded using at least nine different methods to feed. They usually forage by wading in water up to belly deep, but also feed along the muddy margins of wetlands, regularly forming large, noisy feeding flocks, often in association with Banded Stilts and Red-necked Avocets.

The Black-winged Stilt is a large black and white wader with long orange-red legs and a straight black bill. It has black on the back of the neck, a white collar and a red iris. Both sexes are similar, and the plumage does not change during the year. Black-winged Stilts give a repeated high-pitched barking call. Young Black-winged Stilts lack black on the back of the neck and have grey-brown wings and back, speckled with white. They have a smudged grey crown, which extends down the back of the neck as the birds get older. (From Birdlife Australia)

In this area near Cunnamulla the vegetation is sparse and the land is arid and not very productive.

Cunnamulla is around 787Km west from Queensland's capital Brisbane.

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Captured with the Nikon D810 and Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E Nikkor lens.

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Taken on: July 5, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D810, f/8.0, 1/2500 sec, 500mm, ISO 3200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D810
Lens:	200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	1/2500 sec
Focal Length:	500mm
ISO:	3200
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 (Windows)
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