Pied stilt feeding
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Pied stilt feeding
Pied stilt feeding
Long legs and bills allow stilts to feed in
deeper water than oystercatchers, as seen here at Pāuatahunui Inlet. They mainly
feed on invertebrates, probing their bill into mud or sweeping it from side to side.
They can also snatch insects from the air.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1987/2335/11
Photograph by Ross Giblin
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National
Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any
re-use of this image.
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