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black necked stilts

Himantopus mexicanus

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26.3485, -80.7015

Field Notes

Notes:

this is of a baby black necked stilt that had been asleep when his mom stood up and he wasn't expecting it.

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Comments (4)
KarenL
How adorable! Great capture Jamie!
jamiewgoodspeed
Thank you! One of the other photographers had a better spot than me took a lot more photos, and if you played them fast enough you could see the babies feet kicking.
Ava T-B
This is such a funny picture!! Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378

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PublishedMay 28, 2014

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