#avocet

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[ID: a digital drawing of two birds facing to the left, walking together in blue, shallow water. They are long-necked avocets with black and white feathers and ruddy red heads. Their bills are long, thin, and turned upward. End.]

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AMERICAN AVOCET

Recurvirostra americana

CLASS AVES

ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES

Avocets migrate to their breeding grounds in the spring in flocks of up to 300, where they feed on abundant brine flies larvae. Their winter foraging tends to favor brine shrimp.

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[blogbirdfeather]

Avocet - Alfaiate (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Vila Franca de Xira/Portugal (19/11/2024)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR with Nikon AF-S TC-14E III]

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Toucan

Hornbill

Spoonbill

Black Skimmer

Shoebill

Parrot

Pelican

Flamingo

Avocet

Kookaburra

[tbalderdash-art-blog]

Day 4 of Pied Month! Avocet? More like arospec! (was originally going to be aroacet, thought of the better pun during the end of the inking)

Reference photo by Andreas Trepte

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Avocets at Lymington-Keyhaven Nature Reserve, Hampshire 13th April 2024

It was a true pleasure to see so many of these slender, elegant and emblematic waders on our walk here yesterday. I got some of my finest ever views and saw some of the most I ever have at once of one of the key species that captivated me in my early birdwatching days, so one I hold dear, in a wader fest yesterday. Hearing their shrieking calls was a treat also and I felt optimistic thinking of the exciting days ahead where they'll nest and raise their gorgeous chicks.

[theweeowlart]

The pied avocet is a black and white bird with a very long, upturned beak. It lives and breeds in the coastal areas of Europe and Central Asia. My drawing of this bird can be found here… https://theweeowlart.etsy.com/listing/1693742146

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Not Just Another Warm Body by Lee Greengrass Via Flickr: Hayward Regional Shoreline, Hayward, CA. This avocet is providing warmth to its two young chicks.

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American Avocet

With its long, curved beak it’s no wonder that the American Avocet’s diet consists of crustaceans and insects. I’m winter they feed almost exclusively on brine shrimp. They are currently of least concern, although in the past they were hunted readily, and even made extinct on the east shores of America! . Learn More!

Passenger Pigeon

Although the passenger pigeon is extinct, they still hold a tender place in everyone’s hearts. Hunted to extinction, the Passenger Pigeon used to come in huge flocks of billions. They used to be the most abundant bird in North America. This is part of the reason they went extinct, as efforts to breed them in captivity failed since they needed large flocks to meet their breeding criteria. Learn More!

(American Avocet photo by Blair Dudeck)

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I saw a lot of people were misreading "Scything" as "Boything" so meet Boything!

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Avocet - Alfaiate (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Vila Franca de Xira/Portugal (28/01/2025)

[NIkon D500; AF-S Nikkor 600mm F/4E FL ED VR]

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Pied avocet

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‘Kittiwake’ by Bert Jansch from the album ‘Avocet’

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Avocet @ Titchwell RSPB Norfolk Coast by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta The avocet is one of the most readily identified shorebirds in the UK. Its return to East Anglia as a breeding bird in the years after the Second World War was one of the great avian success stories of the twentieth century. Today the species is common in coastal wetlands in East Anglia and increasingly further afield.