American Avocet Images and Information:
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.
- American Avocets breed from interior Washington to British Columbia east to Minnesota and south to California and Texas. They winter along the Gulf coast, the Atlantic Coast of Florida, the Caribbean and the Pacific coast of California
- Their preferred breeding habitat includes freshwater marshes, shallow, marshy lakes, interior saline lakes and brackish water along the coasts.
- American Avocets eat marine invertebrates.
- American Avocets lay 3 to 4 eggs which take 22 to 29 days to hatch, both sexes incubate. They are monogamous.
- American Avocets can live up to 15 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my American Avocet photos.
Pair of American Avocets in the marsh of Bear River MBR
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
American Avocet female presumably on nest
Title: American Avocet female presumably on nest
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2017
Stretching American Avocet in non-breeding plumage
Title: Stretching American Avocet in non-breeding plumage
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/7/2016
American Avocet eating a tiny crayfish
Title: American Avocet eating a tiny crayfish
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/28/2016
End of American Avocet battle
Title: End of American Avocet battle
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
American Avocet male with his bill around the female’s neck
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
Male American Avocet being aggressive with the female
Title: Male American Avocet being aggressive with the female
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Male American Avocet choking the female
Title: Male American Avocet choking the female
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Male American Avocet pushing the female under water
Title: Male American Avocet pushing the female under water
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Male American Avocet with a grip on the female’s neck
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
American Avocet pinning down the other
Title: American Avocet pinning down the other
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
One American Avocet attacking the other
Title: One American Avocet attacking the other
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
American Avocet gets aggressive
Title: American Avocet gets aggressive
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Male American Avocet fluffs up
Title: Male American Avocet fluffs up
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Two American Avocets at Bear River MBR
Title: Two American Avocets at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/19/2016
Female American Avocet in nonbreeding plumage
Title: Female American Avocet in nonbreeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/9/2015
Nonbreeding American Avocet foraging
Title: Nonbreeding American Avocet foraging
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/9/2015
Springtime American Avocet
Title: Springtime American Avocet
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2014
Hatching American Avocet
Title: Hatching American Avocet
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2014
American Avocet egg
Title: American Avocet egg
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2014