Styltlöpare - Himantopus himantopus - Black-winged Stilt

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 Styltlöpare - Himantopus himantopus - Black-winged Stilt

© NF Photo 121120,  Layounne, Western Sahara, Morocco

On our way north we stoped at the wetland north of Layounne. To see the stilts in the early morning light was amazing. But the garbage in there was not fun.

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 Styltlöpare, Himantopus himantopus, Black-winged Stilt, Layounne, Western Sahara,

121119 Wetland south of Layounne

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© NF Photo 121119, Layounne , Western Sahara, Morocco

 

I can see Ruddy Shelduck and Stilts among others in the last shot. And a heron. The rest is probably some ducks and gulls.

This was the only place we birded this day and we were above the area. ¤ of the guys went down but my foot was bleeding so I could not. It was not easy either in the sand to get down.
 

This place is rather close to the Atlantic Ocean but with no connections to it or any river. It is groundwater down there.

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 Ruddy Shelduck, Black-winged Stilt, Layounne, Western Sahara,

Styltlöpare - Himantopus himantopus - Black-winged Stilt - Échasse blanche

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NF Photo 121114, Flamingo Lake,  Layounne, Western Sahara, Morocco

As the sun started to set we reached Layounne and made our last stop at what somebody called Flamingo Lake. It was so beautiful in the light of the setting sun and the stilts was gorgeous.
I fell in love with this bird when I first saw it in Camargue. It does not vsiit Sweden so this was a treat.

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