Recurvirostra americana
American Avocets are large, graceful shorebirds with long, upturned black bills, black and white plumage with rusty or white heads. The black plumage can also look brownish.
Title: Flock of American Avocets at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/23/2024
Title: American Avocet flock resting at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 2/23/2024
Title: Springtime American Avocet portrait
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2023
Title: Spring American Avocets in breeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/31/2021
Title: Spring American Avocets
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/31/2021
Title: American Avocet chick stretching
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2019
Title: American Avocet chick with a midge
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2019
Title: American Avocet chick foraging in water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2019
Title: Male American Avocet guarding his chicks
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/23/2019
Title: Foraging American Avocet chick
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/23/2019
Title: Male American Avocet watching over his mate
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2019
Title: American Avocet walking in shallow water in spring
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2018
Title: Male American Avocet at the edge of a pond
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2018
Title: American Avocet female defecating
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2018
Title: American Avocet male striding through shallow water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2018
Title: Foraging American Avocet in breeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2018
Title: Foraging male American Avocet at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/22/2018
Title: American Avocet foraging in shallow water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/4/2017
Title: American Avocet with reflections of rushes in the background
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/4/2017
Title: American Avocet with water in the background
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/4/2017
Title: Pair of American Avocets in the marsh of Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2017
Title: American Avocet female presumably on nest
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2017
Title: Stretching American Avocet in non-breeding plumage
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/7/2016
Title: American Avocet eating a tiny crayfish
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2016
Title: End of American Avocet battle
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Title: American Avocet male with his bill around the female’s neck
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Title: Male American Avocet being aggressive with the female
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Title: Male American Avocet choking the female
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016