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.
American Avocet adult in low light
Title: American Avocet adult in low light
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2014
Male American Avocet stretching his wings
Title: Male American Avocet stretching his wings
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/7/2014
American Avocet in flight at Bear River MBR
Title: American Avocet in flight at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2013
American Avocets mating
Title: American Avocets mating
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2013
Avocets and the Great Salt Lake
Title: Avocets and the Great Salt Lake
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/1/2012
American Avocet in dried weeds
Title: American Avocet in dried weeds
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2012
Adult American Avocet foraging in a wetland
Title: Adult American Avocet foraging in a wetland
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/16/2012
Adult American Avocet in its breeding plumage
Title: Adult American Avocet in its breeding plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/16/2012
American Avocet feeding in dark water
Title: American Avocet feeding in dark water
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 8/8/2011
American Avocet with water droplets
Title: American Avocet with water droplets
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 8/8/2011
American Avocet in breeding plumage, Montana
Title: American Avocet in breeding plumage, Montana
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 8/8/2011
American Avocet, low light
Title: American Avocet, low light
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 8/7/2011
Flock of American Avocets after the hail turns to rain
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
Avocets facing the storm
Title: Avocets facing the storm
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/11/2011
American Avocets in a hail storm
Title: American Avocets in a hail storm
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/11/2011
American Avocets and Wilson’s Phalaropes about to land in the rain
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
American Avocets flying in a driving rain
Title: American Avocets flying in a driving rain
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/11/2011
American Avocets in flight during a storm
Title: American Avocets in flight during a storm
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/11/2011
Peregrine Falcon takes an American Avocet as prey
Title: Peregrine Falcon takes an American Avocet as prey
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/11/2011
Adult American Avocet
Title: Adult American Avocet
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2011