Wednesday 5 December 2012

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus




This was the first successfull breeding record in Scandinavia. The birds was found at Kongens mose on May 11th by Stefan Andersen. Attempt pairing was filmed by Morten Bentzon Hansen on May 18th, and the three chicks was seen on June 21st.
Read the story in Danish here

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