{"id":136863,"date":"2023-05-31T04:52:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=136863"},"modified":"2023-05-31T04:52:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:52:49","slug":"black-necked-stilt-at-nest-with-eggs-plainly-visible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/31\/black-necked-stilt-at-nest-with-eggs-plainly-visible\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-necked Stilt At Nest With Eggs Plainly Visible"},"content":{"rendered":"

A different nest than the one I posted photos of recently.<\/p>\n

Six days ago at Bear River MBR I watched as a female Black-necked Stilt came off her nest and started collecting nest lining material and tossing it over her back toward the nest – a common behavior for stilts. She spent several minutes doing it and I took lots of documentary photos but the nest area is so cluttered with dried vegetation I didn’t like my photos much.<\/p>\n

However, when I looked at my photos at home I realized that after she came off the nest her eggs were plainly visible. It isn’t every day that we get to see stilt eggs in the nest so I decided to share two of those photos.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Here she’s reaching into the water for small twigs and various debris that she was tossing behind her toward the nest. Four eggs in a clutch is typical for Black-necked Stilts and there were four in her nest. If more than four are laid they don’t fit well in the nest and eggs often roll out of the nest.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

If you look carefully you can see the small twig in her bill that she’s about to toss behind her.<\/p>\n

I wish I’d been aware that the eggs were visible when I was taking the photos but I didn’t notice them because I was focused on her behavior. If I’d been aware of them I’d have focused on the eggs for a few shots. But I wasn’t, so I didn’t, and as a result the eggs are a little soft. But they’re plenty sharp enough for documentary purposes.<\/p>\n

Maybe I’ll get lucky and see baby stilt puffballs in the area soon.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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In Black-necked Stilts both sexes incubate but I know that this bird was the female because there’s a brown tinge on her back and scapulars, a characteristic that males don’t share.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A different nest than the one I posted photos of recently. (2 photos)<\/p>\n

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