Baby Birdorable: Black-winged Stilt

June 6, 2011 in Baby Birds and Shorebirds with 3 comments

If you think our Birdorable birds are cute as adults, what about when they are babies? Below are some baby photos (shared via Flickr) of the Black-winged Stilt. Black-winged Stilts are shorebirds that live across much of Europe, Africa and Asia. Stilt nests are bare scrapes on the ground, close to water. Baby stilts are precocial, meaning they are able to feed on their own very shortly after hatching.

Black-winged stilt and chick II by Neil Saunders

Umbrella by CharlesLam

Yawn ! I'm full. by coniferconifer

I am cute? by venus8554

Baby of Black-winged Stilt by coniferconifer

Pretty cute, right? Be sure to check out our Birdorable Black-winged Stilt t-shirts and gifts!

Comments

Kim B. on June 6, 2011 at 11:46 AM wrote:

Those birds are way too cute! And they know it. Great pictures.

Jenna on July 27, 2011 at 9:35 AM wrote:

those are SO cute

Spurwing Plover on June 1, 2022 at 10:41 PM wrote:

Nap time for little Stilts

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