Talk about frequent-flyermiles! It'd be hard to pinpoint the “coolest” shorebird, but black-necked stilts would have to be in the running. The big shorebirds are not shrinking violets and ...

Today’s featured bird is the black-necked stilt, a delicate little waterbird with extremely long legs that’s famous for its popcorn.The black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is known as the ...

Let’s start with the few shorebirds that do nest here. Black-necked stilts and American avocets are two common Bay Area shorebirds that share a family lineage indicated by their extremely long ...

And it’s beautiful. I recommend experiencing it on a kayak. “Look at those black-necked stilts!” said our guide Steve Appleton, owner of L.A. River Kayak Safari, pointing to a flock of the ...

As the couple was enjoying the birding drive through the area, just off of the paved Highway 10 east of McKenzie stood a black-necked stilt! Imagine their surprise to see this beauty, as there is ...

Bird migration starts in early March, and it's in full swing on Alberta lakes where water birds like black-necked stilts are engaging in a courtship dance. "All the ponds and the lakes around our ...

black-necked stilts and dozens of other migratory water birds. Migratory birds face a number of perils, not least among them the effects of climate change, which is expected to reduce the Sierra ...

airport to Edinburg Scenic Wetlands, I scored immediately, notching ringed kingfishers, blue-gray gnatcatchers, black-necked stilts, several varieties of herons, circling ospreys and ducks by the ...

The black-necked stilt continued in North Chatham. A pileated woodpecker was reported from East Orleans. In Eastham, two sandhill cranes were seen flying by the Salt Pond visitor’s center and ...

Pam Monahan photographed a beautiful gulf fritillary butterfly with wings that look like stained glass in the butterfly garden at Virginia Beach Middle School. Monahan was participating in the ...