Black-necked Stilt

Birds / Shorebirds & Gulls

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The Black-necked Stilt combines sharply contrasting black-and-white plumage with exceptionally long pink legs and a straight, slender bill. It walks through shallow wetlands, mudflats, and salt ponds, picking small aquatic animals from the water or surface below. Stilts often occur alongside avocets and other shorebirds. During breeding, they place simple nests near water and actively defend the surrounding area, making their calls and alert postures conspicuous features of a wetland colony.

Reference: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All About Birds