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american avocet

  1. American Avocet in flight

    American Avocet in flight

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  2. American Avocet

    American Avocet

    American Avocet
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  3. American Avocet

    American Avocet

    American Avocet
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  4. American Avocet with Chicks

    American Avocet with Chicks

    Note the extra legs from the chick underneath !
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  5. American avocet

    American avocet

    Still working my way through a week's worth of postworthy pics from last Friday's two-hour stop at Hayward shoreline, energising myself after a stressful morning so as to be focused and safe on the drive to Sonoma. It worked. This avocet was not (at least not yet) in breeding plumage. S/he was...
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  6. American Avocet Mating Sequence #4/4

    American Avocet Mating Sequence #4/4

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  7. American Avocet Mating Sequence #2/4

    American Avocet Mating Sequence #2/4

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  8. American Avocet Mating Sequence #1/4

    American Avocet Mating Sequence #1/4

    Here is a series I saw the other day. I'm looking forward to seeing chicks in a few weeks!
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  9. Bathing buddies

    Bathing buddies

    I watched this canvasback for quite a while, inching closer on the mudflats across the creek from him. Apparently this was a pool of clearer water they'd found and I saw up to four species bathing there at once. The cutest ones are of the c'back and willet splashing side by side quite close, but...
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  10. American Avocet

    American Avocet

    Taken at dawn. I hadn't seen these guys for a while, but a few showed up the other morning.
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  11. Long-billed Curlew and American Avocet

    Long-billed Curlew and American Avocet

    Long-billed Curlew and American Avocet together was hard to pass up. Two birds sharing the same habitat and both with extreme feeding adaptations. The Long-billed Curlew with its long decurved bill is a very large Sandpiper and is NA's largest shorebird. Sexes similar. The American Avocet is a...
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  12. American avocet

    American avocet

    Today I treated myself to a half-day off at Coyote Hills Regional Park. Took over 2000 pictures, a few of them even good ones ;). Here's one I like. There was a large flock of American avocets in a pond of the Alameda creek. Two of them were quite patient with me as I crept up to the edge of the...
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  13. American Avocet (first year bird)

    American Avocet (first year bird)

    It is easy to see that this is a fresh, first year bird. There are still long, thread-like filaments comming off of the down areas, under the adult feathers.
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  14. American Avocet (first year bird)

    American Avocet (first year bird)

    There were three of these; they had hatched this spring in the San Joaquin riparian preserve. It is apparent, from the fine fillament down, that this is a young bird. It is interesting to watch these long-legged birds sit down. They always settle on to the tarsus; may spent considerable time in...
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  15. Sunday Stroll

    Sunday Stroll

    GBH strolling by some breakfasting American Avocets
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  16. American Avocet

    American Avocet

    Here's another Avocet image taken yesterday.
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  17. American Avocet

    American Avocet

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  18. American Avocet

    American Avocet

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  19. American Avocet

    American Avocet

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  20. American Avocet

    American Avocet

    Most of the geese are on their way north, but the shorebirds are migrating through here now and they are lots of fun to photograph.
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  21. American Avocet at Dusk

    American Avocet at Dusk

    The American Avocet summers and breeds on the plains of the western United States and Canada. I came across this one in a shallow creek, methodically focused on getting its last meal of the day. The waning sun seemed to be at entirely the wrong angle, but I had no choice so went ahead and took...
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  22. Avocet Family

    Avocet Family

    Dad, Mom, and teenager in back
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  23. American Avocet

    American Avocet

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  24. American Avocet

    American Avocet

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  25. American Avocet

    American Avocet

    2nd in the series...
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