Baby Avocet Swimming By
by Ruth Jolly
Title
Baby Avocet Swimming By
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Ruth Jolly
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
American Avocet about two weeks old, Gilbert, Arizona An American Avocet,(Recurvirostra americana) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. This avocet has long, thin, gray legs, giving it its colloquial name, "blue shanks". The plumage is black and white on the back with white on the underbelly. The neck and head are cinnamon-colored in the summer and gray in the winter. The long, thin bill is upturned at the end. The adult bird measures 40-51 cm (16-20 in) in length, 68-76 cm (27-30 in), and 275-420 g (9.7-15 oz) in weight. With its elegant profile and striking coloration, the American Avocet is unique among North American birds. In summer it can be found in temporary and unpredictable wetlands across western North America where it swings its long upturned bill through the shallow water to catch small invertebrates.
I felt so lucky to see baby American Avocets for the first time this year. This one was such a treat swimming by in the water. Fine Art America watermark will not appear on purchased artwork
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October 22nd, 2013
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Comments (17)
Nancy Kane Chapman
What a sweetness.....a fairy princess as a duck, perhaps...very special, Ruth!!! Sharing!!
Dawn Currie
Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! You are invited to archive it in the 2019 Pure Nature Photography Featured Work Archive discussion thread for longer lasting visibility.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Ruth, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
William Tasker
Fantastic! Thank you for submitting this fine image of this identified wild bird. It is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. L/F
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