{"id":59137,"date":"2019-07-21T04:59:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T10:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=59137"},"modified":"2024-02-22T03:31:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:31:30","slug":"female-and-male-black-necked-stilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/07\/21\/female-and-male-black-necked-stilts\/","title":{"rendered":"Female And Male Black-necked Stilts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RestingResting female Black-necked Stilt – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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These two Black-necked Stilt photos were taken 9 days ago at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a> and I thought they could easily show the difference between the female and male of this species. First though, these stilts were not near each other and it is probably safe to presume they were not a mated pair.<\/p>\n

The photo above shows a female Black-necked Stilt resting in the shallow waters of the marsh near the auto tour route. So how do I know that this is an adult female?<\/p>\n

I know that she is a female by the dark brown feathers she shows on her back.<\/p>\n

(Full disclosure – I did remove some out of focus midges in this photo during post processing)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Black-necked Stilt calling near his chick – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Adult males do not have brown feathers on their backs, they have jet black feathers on their backs without a trace of brown. It is as simple as that.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Black-necked Stilt photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These two Black-necked Stilt photos were taken 9 days ago at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and I thought they could easily show the difference between the female and male of this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[124,27,1463,1148,26],"tags":[4004,1464,4072,4070,4370,4062,4094,4156,274,3950,3951,2315,3996,4095],"class_list":["post-59137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-black-necked-stilts","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-black-necked-stilt","tag-calling","tag-female","tag-himantopus-mexicanus","tag-male","tag-marsh","tag-resting","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-stilt","tag-stilts","tag-summer-3","tag-water","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t