3Shorebirds [Black-necked Stilt]

Texas

Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

(L 14" WS 29" Wt 6 oz)

Estero Llano Grande
St Pk

20Apr2010

Have half-webbed feet
...but they rarely swim.

So. Padre Island
Birding & Nature Ctr

15Apr2010

It is not a barking puppy that you hear

By the lake shore in the shallows very near

To where you stand it is the black and white bird over there

The long legged one the pied stilts are not rare

In the bird World they are strangers to fame

And pied stilts for them does seem an apt name

(Francis Duggan)

Dennis Paulson

Himantopus is Greek

for strap foot.