Returning from Milan to Genoa, I tried my usual detour among rice fields in search of wading birds. After driving for so many miles, so far I had definitely no luck; and the light is going away. But at last here we go with these black-winged stilts (Himantopus himantopus), found when the sun was almost gone. They are preparing for the night and perhaps they are already sleeping. Shh... don’t wake them up.