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Pied Avocet
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Here are severak links to find out more on this bird
http://www.answers.com/topic/pied-avocet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Avocet
http://www.safaricamlive.com/Encyclopedia/birds/avocet/Avocet%20Info.htm
http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/avocet.htm
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I put the question mark in because I really don't know if this a Pied Avocet. Photographed at the Salton Sea, 02/97 near the Red Hill Marina.
Photographed with a Nikon f4. Lens, APO AF f4.5 800 mm, with a 2X & a 1.4 tele converter on it. Besides being a little soft focused, there is a little camera movement because I did not use a cable release. This bird more than likely is an escapee from a zoo or private aviary. These Pied Avocet's normal living area is in Europe. I will put up a map showing some the locations they are found in.Avocet's legs are very long and their toes are slightly webbed. Mostly feeding on mussels, crustaceans, insects & less often on fish, reptiles & vegetable matter. They use a sideways sweeping movement of the bill, skimming the surface of the water. The eggs are incubated by both parents, and the young are attended by both parents. There normally 4 eggs. Recurvirostridea Avocet Family 6 species. |
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This map is not to any scale, nor does it absolutely represent, the absolute location of these birds.
It's just a generalization of where they would be normally found in the wild.
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