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Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Above: A Black-necked Stilt at Gilbert Water Ranch (1/6/2007).
Below: An adult Black-necked Stilt resting near a youngster at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California (7/22/2006).
Below: A Black-necked Stilt at the Salton Sea, California (10/9/2011).
Below: A Black-necked Stilt along Laguna Madre. Many birds eat feathers to pad their stomaches against the bones and scales of the fish and invertebrates they eat.
Below: A Black-necked Stilt in flight at Santa Ana NWR, Texas (8/5/2007).
Below: Black-necked Stilts doing what they do best--generally yipping and having a good old time--at Laguna Cartagena, Puerto Rico (4/12/2009).
Below: A vagrant Black-necked Stilt in Kent Co., Maryland (5/22/2010).
Below: Black-necked Stilts on Egypt Road, Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/1/2009).
