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: Male American Avocet pushing the female under water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Title: Male American Avocet with a grip on the female’s neck
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Title: American Avocet pinning down the other
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Title: One American Avocet attacking the other
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Title: American Avocet gets aggressive
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Title: Male American Avocet fluffs up
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Title: Two American Avocets at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Title: Female American Avocet in nonbreeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/9/2015
Title: Nonbreeding American Avocet foraging
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/9/2015
Title: Springtime American Avocet
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2014
Title: Hatching American Avocet
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2014
Title: American Avocet egg
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2014
Title: American Avocet adult in low light
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2014
Title: Male American Avocet stretching his wings
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/7/2014
Title: American Avocet in flight at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2013
Title: American Avocets mating
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2013
Title: Avocets and the Great Salt Lake
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/1/2012
Title: American Avocet in dried weeds
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2012
Title: Adult American Avocet foraging in a wetland
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/16/2012
Title: Adult American Avocet in its breeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/16/2012
Title: American Avocet feeding in dark water
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 8/8/2011
Title: American Avocet with water droplets
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 8/8/2011
Title: American Avocet in breeding plumage, Montana
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 8/8/2011
Title: American Avocet, low light
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 8/7/2011
Title: Flock of American Avocets after the hail turns to rain
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/11/2011
Title: Avocets facing the storm
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/11/2011
Title: American Avocets in a hail storm
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/11/2011
Title: American Avocets and Wilson’s Phalaropes about to land in the rain
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/11/2011