American Avocet
by Jeff Goulden
Title
American Avocet
Artist
Jeff Goulden
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a large wading bird in the stilt and avocet family. It forages in shallows and mud flats for crustaceans and insects, often sweeping its bill from side to side. A distinguishing characteristic of the avocet is its black upward-curving bill. It has a reddish brown head with black and white wing feathers. The underbelly is white. The migration route of the American avocet takes it through almost every state in the western USA. It breeds in marshes, beaches and ponds as far north as southern Canada and south down to parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas but mostly east of the Rocky Mountains. This American avocet was photographed while foraging along the banks of Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
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June 17th, 2021
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Comments (8)
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Jeff – your Rule of Thirds composition has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2022 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful close up photo of an American Avocet with great pose, colors, and composition, Jeff! Congratulations on your photo being selected by Dawn for the Weekly Dawn's Delights feature! F/L/Following
Dawn Currie
Congratulations! You are one of 10 Dawn’s Delights for 6/18/2021!! This fine image of an identified wild bird is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the 2021 Features Archive and Thanks discussion for additional visibility.
Janet Marie
Congratulations, for the Homepage Feature, in the Art Group, “BEAUTY OF ARIZONA,” for the week of Friday, June 18, 2021! You are welcome to submit your featured artwork in the group's discussion thread, “APRIL-JUNE 2021 ''NEW'' Thanks & Features Archive” Thank you for sharing your artwork and being a member of the group. like/fave Janet🌵
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