Black-necked Stilt Images, Facts and Information:
Himantopus mexicanus
- Black-necked Stilts are large shorebirds with long red legs, long, straight black bills, black faces, backs and wings and white throats and underparts. They have red eyes. Females have brown on their backs mixed in with the black feathers.
- Black-necked Stilts inhabit shallow wetlands in western North America, some areas of the southern U.S., Central American and parts of South America.
- Their preferred breeding habitat includes freshwater marshes, shallow coastal bays, marshy lakes, interior saline lakes, grassy ponds, man made reservoirs and brackish water along the coasts.
- Black-necked Stilts eat shrimp, tadpoles, worms, small fish, frogs, flies, brine flies, beetles, and clams.
- Black-necked Stilts lay 3 to 5 eggs which take 22 to 25 days to hatch, both sexes incubate. They are monogamous.
- Black-necked Stilts can live up to 19 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Black-necked Stilt photos.
Watchful male Black-necked Stilt
Title: Watchful male Black-necked Stilt
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2022
Tiny Black-necked Stilt chick on mud flats
Title: Tiny Black-necked Stilt chick on mud flats
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2019
Black-necked Stilt chick wing lift
Title: Black-necked Stilt chick wing lift
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2019
Stretching Black-necked Stilt chick
Title: Stretching Black-necked Stilt chick
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2019
Male Black-necked Stilt calling near his chick
Title: Male Black-necked Stilt calling near his chick
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2019
Resting female Black-necked Stilt
Title: Resting female Black-necked Stilt
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2019 […]
Juvenile Black-necked Stilt walking through shallow water
Title: Juvenile Black-necked Stilt walking through shallow water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/1/2017
Male Black-necked Stilt keeping an eye on his offspring
Title: Male Black-necked Stilt keeping an eye on his offspring
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/1/2017
Juvenile Black-necked Stilts in the marsh at Bear River MBR
Title: Juvenile Black-necked Stilts in the marsh at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/1/2017
Adult male Black-necked Stilt in flight
Title: Adult male Black-necked Stilt in flight
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/7/2016
Male Black-necked Stilt near the auto loop at Bear River
Title: Male Black-necked Stilt near the auto loop at Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/27/2016
Male Black-necked Stilt foraging
Title: Male Black-necked Stilt foraging
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/4/2016
Juvenile Black-necked Stilt foraging in the Bear River
Title: Juvenile Black-necked Stilt foraging in the Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/9/2015
Black-necked Stilt in a marsh
Title: Black-necked Stilt in a marsh
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/19/2015
Black-necked Stilt juvenile at Bear River MBR
Title: Black-necked Stilt juvenile at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/19/2015
Resting juvenile Black-necked Stilt
Title: Resting juvenile Black-necked Stilt
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/8/2014
Black-necked Stilt juvenile at Bear River MBR
Title: Black-necked Stilt juvenile at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/8/2014
Juvenile Black-necked Stilt with prey
Title: Juvenile Black-necked Stilt with prey
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/7/2014
Foraging juvenile Black-necked Stilt
Title: Foraging juvenile Black-necked Stilt
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/7/2014
Calling juvenile Black-necked Stilt
Title: Calling juvenile Black-necked Stilt
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 8/7/2014