Avocet School
Breeding Plumage
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Avocet Nesting
Avocet with Dowitchers
Photo Details
1.
July 6, 2003, 2. May 11, 2003 - Bear River MBR, Box Elder County,
Utah 3. November 2002, Great Salt Lake,
Salt Lake County, Utah 4. August 12, 2003
- Bear River MBR, Box Elder County, Utah - ©Nicky Davis
Description
Length: 18,
Wingspan: 31 - -Thin, black,
upturned bill, Female stronger upturn, White scapulars, Long pale
bluish
legs. In summer the head and neck are cinnamon and in winter they are
whitish.
Other
Lives on shallow
inland
saline lakes in the summer and on coastal flats in winters.Aggressive
in
breeding colonies and will dive-bomb intruders. One of their main
concentrations
in the summer is at Great Sale Lake. Feeds by thrusting bill
underwater
and swinging from side to side checking for fish, crustaceans,
aquatic
insects. Also eats seeds. Lays 4 dark-spotted olive eggs in
a shallow depression with little lining in the open on a mudflat, marsh
or beach. If water rises they build nest up with sticks and
weeds.
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