Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Length - 35-40cm/14-16in Weight 150-200g/5-7oz This Bird was found at Boondall wetlands with its wisp of friends... Most likely migrating birds... Taken with the Canon 400D; Sigma 50-500 telephoto lens and the 2x teleconverter. Image taken at 1000mm focal length. image given additional light in post photo edit. 2007
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Kathryn Arruda 03 Jul 2007
Beautiful shot of such a graceful looking bird!Jessica Xu 07 Jun 2007
Great! You have a lot of insect's photograph. (sigh!)Robin Brown 02 Jun 2007
Could this be a mamber of the Heron Family Curtis. Excellent shot.Karie Goffic 19 May 2007
awesome capture, love it!Peter Rivron 10 May 2007
Excellent capture Curtis.