Long-legged Avocet

Plate 328
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Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
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Everything about the Black-necked Stilt seems delicate — from its incredibly thin stilt-legs to its slim wings and its needle-like bill — yet it manages to thrive on the sunbaked flats around shallow lakes, some of them in searing climates.
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