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Bonding Ritual?

            Bonding Ritual?

Even though I could not see a nest or chicks, I watched this pair of Black-necked Stilts very aggressively defending a small island at Bombay Hook NWR. If shorebirds landed close by one would fly off to chase them away, if a gull or Osprey got too close both would chase it away.

Besides this, on two or three occasions when there was no intruder, the pair flew up almost vertically close together, calling loudly then glided back to the island. I am speculating that this interesting behavior might perhaps be a bonding ritual.

2020_07_08_EOS 7D Mark II_6877-Edit_V1

PS Yesterday others spotted their chick on the island

Taken in: United States / Delaware / Duck Creek Hundred (show map)

Taken on: July 8, 2020

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2020

2020_07 Jul

Birds

Bombay Hook

Canon 7D Mk II

Courting

Delaware

Flight shot

July

Shorebirds

Stilt Black necked

Summer

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Sets appears in: • Birds 2020

Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, f/11.0, 1/1600 sec, 600mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens:	TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.3 (Macintosh)
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