Jan 4
second Bird Blast Sunday showcase -- stilts & plovers ! two ambient sources of feathers that make their home on the Overworld's strands and stony shores .
seen from Singapore
seen from Russia
seen from France
seen from China
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from Malaysia
seen from Malaysia
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Türkiye
seen from Indonesia
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from China
seen from China
seen from Türkiye
seen from China
seen from China
seen from Türkiye
seen from Maldives
second Bird Blast Sunday showcase -- stilts & plovers ! two ambient sources of feathers that make their home on the Overworld's strands and stony shores .
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), parent and chicks, family Recurvirostridae, order Charadriiformes, FL, USA
photograph by Igor Marach
Hawaiian Stilt #avianaugust day 24.
Watercolor and colored pencils.
Day 24 of Avian August 2025, Birds of Hawaii, hosted by @cookiedoves: Kukuluaeʻo, Aeʻo, or Hawaiian Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni)
The Hawaiian Stilt is an endangered subspecies of the black-necked stilt found only in the Hawaiian Islands. It is one of the longest-legged birds relative to its body size, with legs making up about 60% of its height. Its Hawaiian name, Kukuluaeʻo, means “one who stands tall.”
The plant featured is the ʻŌhai (Sesbania tomentosa), an endangered coastal shrub in the legume family that is native to Hawaii.
Wader (Charadrii) suborder
Which is the best bird?
Ibisbill
Magellanic plover
Red-necked avocet
Black-necked stilt
Egyptian plover
Beach stone-curlew
Pied oystercatcher
Killdeer
African oystercatcher
Bush stone-curlew
Black-faced sheathbill
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus). Family Recurvirostridae, order Charadriiformes.
Brazoria NWR, Texas, USA. April 2026.
Red-pied stilts By: G. J. H. Moon From: The Mating Game 1976
Breakfast
Aeʻo (Hawaiian Stilt) Endangered Himantopus mexicanus knudseni Kohaniki, Hawaiʻi