Stylish stilts spotted as they migrate northward

A group of black-winged stilts were spotted resting and foraging in Chongqing's Dachang Lake National Wetland Park on Sunday.

The conspicuous wader, with slim reddish-pink legs, stylish black and white plumage, a straight black bill and an elegant posture, has been described as "the bird model".

The species often lives in marshes, lakes and ponds, eats aquatic insects and nests on the ground near bodies of water.

Now is the season for the black-winged stilts to migrate north as the warm weather takes hold. The birds will also rest for a time in the Yangtze River Basin on their way to northward.

The wetland park is located in the Three Gorges reservoir area — or Dachang Lake — in Chongqing's Wushan county.