{"id":5956,"date":"2012-08-22T03:55:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T09:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5956"},"modified":"2025-09-09T17:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T22:54:49","slug":"american-avocets-in-breeding-and-nonbreeding-plumage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/08\/22\/american-avocets-in-breeding-and-nonbreeding-plumage\/","title":{"rendered":"American Avocets In Breeding And Nonbreeding Plumage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Avocet in nonbreeding plumage – Nikon D200, f8, 1\/750, ISO 250, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I photographed this American Avocet in nonbreeding plumage as it foraged in Glover’s Pond at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area<\/span><\/a> in northern Utah a few years ago in the month of November.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Avocet in breeding plumage – Nikon D200, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This image of an American Avocet was taken in August of last year at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Montana.\u00a0 What a difference there is between the pale grayish head and neck of the nonbreeding Avocet to the apricot to cinnamon colored plumage that a breeding bird displays.<\/p>\n

Personally I believe that American Avocets are stunning in any season of the year.<\/p>\n

Okay, it isn’t just avocets I feel that way about, it is all birds.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American Avocet photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I photographed this American Avocet in nonbreeding plumage as it foraged in Glover’s Pond at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area in northern Utah a few years ago in the month of November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[451,27,697,12,608,26],"tags":[1634,5828,5350,4053,4062,4094,4246,4177,274,3996,4095],"class_list":["post-5956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-avocets","category-avian","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-montana","category-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","category-utah","tag-american-avocet","tag-avocet","tag-avocets","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-male","tag-marsh","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-recurvirostra-americana","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-water","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t