David Kjaer / Black winged stilt male feeding {Himantopus himantopus} Lesbos, Greece

Jean E. Roche / Black winged stilt {Himantopus himantopus} on nest, Camargue, France

Roger Powell / Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) calling aggressively in flight, Victoria, Australia

Roger Powell / Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) flying. Victoria, Australia

Mike Wilkes / Black winged stilt with chick {Himatopus himantopus} Lesbos, Greece

Hermann Brehm / Two Black winged stilts feeding {Himantopus himantopus} Botswana

Hanne Jens Eriksen / Black winged stilts {Himantopus himantopus} mating display, Oman

Andrew Parkinson / Black winged stilt wading {Himantopus himantopus} Moremi,, Botswana

Jose B. Ruiz / Black winged stilt at nest. (Himantopus himantopus) Spain

Loic Poidevin / Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) sitting on its nest at water's edge, Vendee, France. May.

Staffan Widstrand / Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) wading through shallow water, Pusztaszer reserve, Hungary. May.

Staffan Widstrand / Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) drinking in shallow water, Pusztaszer reserve, Hungary. May.