Stilt

[RockOne]

A couple of photos of a stilt (not sure of the species:oops: ) wading in the thermal waters at Wai-O-Tapu near Rotorua, New Zealand.

Photo 1 - EOS300D + 75-300mm II at 300mm 1/1600 sec f10
Photo 2 - EOS300D + 75-300mm II at 300mm 1/2000 sec f10

[Bald Eagle]

Excellent pics, great capture. thanks for sharing.:cool:

[HJMinard]

What an interesting bird ... nice capture(s)!

[Mills]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing.

[dewmuw]

Wonder how it go it's name? :D

[robertwgross]

Your specimen is close to what we call Black-necked Stilt (Himantropus mexicanus) in North America. However, this one has different head feathers than the North American one, so I don't know.

---Bob Gross---

[RockOne]

Thanks all.

Your specimen is close to what we call Black-necked Stilt
The closest I could find in my books (on Australian birds) is the Black-winged stilt, but again the neck and head colouration patterns are different. I might need to invest in a book on NZ birds :-)

[stoneylonesome]

Great shots. :)

[thomascanty]

Very nice shots.

[RockOne]

Thanks Sandy, Thomas.
Had a browse around the net and think I've identified it as a Pied Stilt (which is a subspecies of the Black-winged Stilt).