Stilt Looking for Food
by Dawn Currie
Title
Stilt Looking for Food
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Photographic art by Dawn Currie. A lone Black-necked Stilt along the shoreline foraging for food in Viera, Florida.
Awards and PSA International Exhibitions:
- DPW Four Country Circuit 2017, Montenegro Salon
Regional Exhibitions:
- Art Gallery of Viera
Featured on Fine Art America/Pixels:
- A Birding Group - Wings
- Birds In Focus
- Camera Art
- Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds
- Created by Southern Artists
- FAA Portraits-Birds
- Florida - Images of The Sunshine State
- Images That Excite You
- Wild Birds of the World
- 10 Plus Favorites
- 500 Views
Late summer is breeding time at the Click Ponds of the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands for the Black-necked Stilt. The ponds are alive with the sounds of these birds defending their territories while they forage the shallow water. An overcast afternoon provided a perfect opportunity to capture these unique and beautiful birds.
Black-necked Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus): A striking black-and-white bird with very long, thin red legs, the Black-necked Stilt is found along the edges of shallow water in open country. They have the second-longest legs in proportion to their bodies of any bird, exceeded only by flamingos. During breeding and during winter, they are strongly territorial birds, and are particularly aggressive to chicks that are not their own.
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February 19th, 2017
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Comments (60)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit
Kay Brewer
Perfect detail and reflections, Dawn! Congratulations on your graduation from the 200 Club and reaching over 500 views! l/f
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful photo of a Black-Necked Stilt foraging for food, with great pose, colors, reflections, clarity and composition, Dawn! F/L
Don Columbus
Congratulations Dawn, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Nikolyn McDonald
Wonderfully sharp, fresh look at this pretty water bird, so nicely displayed against the green of the water. The reflection is a terrific bonus.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Dawn, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings"! I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
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