| Actual Image
Ripples (8)
shabsslg
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 63 W: 0 N: 78]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (587) | This is a stilt found on the oxidation reduction tank beyond the airstrip IIT Kanpur.
Stilts are waders in the same bird family as the avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates.
They have extremely long legs, hence the group name, and long thin bills. Stilts typically feed on aquatic insects and other small creatures and nest on the ground surface in loose colonies.
The is some dispute about the taxonomy of the stilts. Handbook of Birds of the World |
|
