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<\/p>\nIf you thought that stilts have the longest legs relative to body size of all bird species you’d be wrong.\u00a0 But not by much.\u00a0 That distinction belongs to\u00a0flamingos but stilts come in a close second.<\/p>\n
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\u00a01\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I photographed this juvenile Black-necked Stilt\u00a0last week at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge\u00a0and as soon as I looked at the image I was once again struck by the\u00a0almost ridiculously long, thin legs of the species.\u00a0 Because only one of those legs can be seen and it’s\u00a0so\u00a0thin it almost appears to me\u00a0as if\u00a0the body of the bird is suspended above the shore without support\u00a0as it looks back at the viewer.<\/p>\n And I suspect that this young bird may still have some growing to do so the legs could become\u00a0a bit longer.\u00a0 Pretty impressive.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n Note: I’m off on another jaunt to Montana – duration unknown.\u00a0 I’ve scheduled posts in my absence but I’ll be without access to a computer so I won’t be responding to any comments, though I do receive your comments on my phone when I have a signal and I always enjoy them.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n Wish me luck with the smoke from the fires in Washington, Oregon and Idaho – the prevailing wind direction is not helpful…<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you thought that stilts have the longest legs relative to body size of all bird species you’d be wrong. But not by much. That distinction belongs to flamingos but stilts come in a close second. <\/p>\n