Mating Black-winged stilt, Rome, Italy, May 2020

himantopus himantopus spring adult female male couple posing courtship behaviour love tenderness profile shot overview sequence mating summer livery balance black winged stilt himantopus himantopus himantopus least concern may latium rome water surface nobody adults females males posed pose settlings settling parading parade parades seducing courtship behaviours seduce attractive seduction in loves in love lover lovers be crazy being crazy been crazy affection good looking cute tenderly caress caresses tendernesses profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view overviews global sight global sights full length series sequences step steps couple to sexual intercourse copulation copulate coupling up coupled coupling copulations copulating sexual intercourses cover to couplings up summer coat summer plumage summer plumages summer coats mating plumage summer liveries breeding plumage breeding plumages mating plumages stability well balanced equilibrium balancing ceylon stilts himantopus himantopus blackwinged stilt himantopus himantopus blackwinged stilts himantopus himantopus least concern species water surfaces watersurface watersurfaces with nobody temperate season seasons atmosphere stage of development individual pair enumeration reproductive behaviour behavior emotion shot sexual reproduction reproduction species livery morphology zoology morphology organism stilt small wading shore bird bird wild animal recurvirostridae charadriiformes aves tetrapoda vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota low risk iucn) lr iucn red list of threatened species italy european union europe water matter matter substance)