tags: American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, birds, nature, Image of the Day
American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, at Bolivar Flats, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 10 May 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
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I was fortunate enough to see American Avocet for the first time this year. Over here in the UK the Pied Avocet (more or less the same except for a white neck) is gradually spreading around the coasts after recolonising the East Coast in the 1940's