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American Avocet Devouring a Tiny Crayfish

By Mia McPherson|August 29th, 2016|Categories: American Avocets, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Avocet, avocet, avocets, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, devouring, eating, feed, forage, foraging, mudbugs, nonbreeding, nonbreeding plumage, Recurvirostra americana, shorebirds, summer|

I was tickled to photograph this American Avocet as it fed but it wasn't until later that I knew it was devouring a tiny crayfish.

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White Ibis in breeding and nonbreeding plumage

By Mia McPherson|November 24th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, White Ibises|Tags: adult, bill, breeding plumage, Eudocimus albus, forage, foraged, Gulf of Mexico, ibis, legs, lores, nonbreeding plumage, Pinellas County, surf, wading birds, water, White Ibis|

There isn't much of a change between the plumage in breeding and nonbreeding White Ibis, primarily the differences are in the legs, bill and lores.

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