Linking up with Wild Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes
For this week's wild bird I am sharing the American Avocet we saw at the Merritt Island NWR in Florida! It is one of my favorite shorebirds...
The American Avocet is a shorebird seen along the Atlantic coast in the summer. Their bill is slightly curved, their wings are black and white.
The forage for food by sweeping their bills back and forth in the water.
I like the Avocet reflections in this shot above and the one below..
I hope you enjoyed my wild bird post.. Till next week's wild bird post.. I wish you happy Birding and have a wonderful week!
Join in and post your birdies and to see more beautiful and wonderful bird and nature photos please visit:
Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday and Michelle's Nature Notes
Thanks to all of our hosts... Michelle for Nature Notes and Stewart of Wild Bird Wednesday.
For this week's wild bird I am sharing the American Avocet we saw at the Merritt Island NWR in Florida! It is one of my favorite shorebirds...
The American Avocet is a shorebird seen along the Atlantic coast in the summer. Their bill is slightly curved, their wings are black and white.
The forage for food by sweeping their bills back and forth in the water.
I like the Avocet reflections in this shot above and the one below..
I hope you enjoyed my wild bird post.. Till next week's wild bird post.. I wish you happy Birding and have a wonderful week!
Join in and post your birdies and to see more beautiful and wonderful bird and nature photos please visit:
Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday and Michelle's Nature Notes
Thanks to all of our hosts... Michelle for Nature Notes and Stewart of Wild Bird Wednesday.
Happy Birding and have a wonderful week!
68 comments:
Hi Eileen
I love these beautiful birds.
I have sent you a friend request on Facebook.
I love your Avocet, it is mighty fine.
Great photos of a beautiful bird.
I like the reflections too!
Have a lovely day!
Hi Eileen. It is good to see your American Avocet so as to compare it with our own Avocet. They are similar but different enough to be completely different if that makes sense!
Enjoy the rest of your birding week.
Dearest Eileen; The American Avocet is great bird. I wondered a little seeing their curved beaks :-) Your reflection photographs are WONDERFUL♡♡♡
Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend in America, xoxo Miyako*
Ha--love that "chopstick" beak!
Have a great day, Eileen
Very nice . . . Wow, look at that bill!
I need to get over on the gulf side more...maybe I'd see 'em more often. Don't see them in the inland wetlands at all *pouty face*
The reflection shots are wonderful. Tom The Backroads Traveller
What a beautiful bird and stunning reflections Eileen. Thanks for linking me in on Saturday.
Hi Eileen, You got some excellent reflections there. The American Avocet certainly has a long bill which is probably a great adaptation for catching little marine life. Interesting bird and neat photos!
Cracking bird. I got very excited when I saw some.
I was watching so Red-Headed Avocets last week - but way out of comer range!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
what a "looker", i have never seen one. the reflections are gorgeous!!!
awesome reflection shots.. beautiful bird
Hi Eileen, how are you? Magnificent photos of this american bird! I wish you a good week and good clicks! Hugs,
WOW! The are very rare here!!
Eileen,
The american Avocet, such an interesting shorebird and such a huge amount of work to get one tasty morsel!
Have a very lovely day,
Jemma
Great photos. The third one down, it looks like it is staring at you for the pic. lol.
-Lisa
We don't have these birds in our part of the world so wonderful to see them. I like the reflected photos, very beautiful.
Amalia
xo
beautiful photos of these very elegant birds
Nice shots, Eileen. I like seeing the avocet in action!
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so neat! would love to see one in person some day. they're so delicate looking.
I love the reflections in your third and fourth photos!
He is very awesome looking. Love that long curved bill.
I really like seeing the Avocets. They should be here pretty soon - mainly over at Bowdoin NWR. But ours seem to have three colors - black, white and rust.
Hello Eileen,
us call these birds Kluten:-)
Beautiful pictures of these beautiful waders
Hi Eileen, Wow! Merritt Island is somewhere I really want to visit. Your pictures are wonderful! I don't recall ever seeing any American Avocets. I will keep my eye out! Have a super day!
Hi Eileen, I love your American Avocet. And the reflections in the last two images are brilliant. Enjoy your day. Jo
Glorious photos - love the reflections. I've never seen one of these birds - thanks for sharing.
This bird has such long bill! Lovely reflection photos.
Ηello Eileen!
Great shots of this beautiful bird!!Wonderful pictures!
Lovely reflections!Thank you for sharing!Have a happy week!
Dimi...
Beautiful Avocet images. Love its reflections.
An interesting bird, indeed...his beak kind of curls up and so very thin.
Wonderful photos of this bird. Great reflections!
Beautiful reflections and I do love shore and water birds. Have a great week.
I like the curved beak and beautiful pictures that you did. Regards.
Nice shots! Their bills are so cool!
The Avocet is a lovely bird. Great images.
Very nice !
Great shots Eileen..Love the reflections...I've never seen this bird..I don't have any wild birds this week..Just my bird feeder and that's getting old..Hope you're having a fun week..
Eileen, these pix are AWESOME!!!!...:)JP
Wow, these photos are gorgeous Eileen. You have caught him beautifully. Thanks for sharing and have a great day!
We saw a pair of these but too far out for my camera ... We waited and then they flew and I didn't get a picture((... So thank you for yours. We used to see them in Oregon when we'd go to the southern part of the state. It's been a long time tho.
Love our beautiful shorebirds! Great reflection shots!
Oi Eileen, muito lindo esse pássaro e as fotos com o reflexo na água ficaram belíssimas!
Beijos.
Great shots!
Wonderful photos . Thanks for sharing , Have a good day !
Nice shots and I like the reflection too.
Another new bird to me. Interesting way to look for food.... Great photos Eileen.... Thanks for linking in... Michelle
such a nice post, E
ALOHA from Honolulu,
ComfortSpiral
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A very elegant creature.
Eileen,wszystkie zdjęcia są cudowne,oglądam,podziwiam Twoje fotografie,pozdrawiam.
A beautiful and elegant bird!
A most beautiful and graceful bird! How fun.
When ever I see an avocet I always wonder how their bills don't snap! Lovely photos especially the one with the reflection.
The avocets in our area are already coming into summer plumage.
Great photos Eileen.
Beautiful bird!
Hi Eileen,
The American Avocet is a beautiful bird, indeed, and your photos, I'm sure, do it justice. Thanks for introducing it to me.
Have a lovely week!
Poppy
Lovley ,Nette
Beautiful bird in winter or summer plumage. Definitely a stunner!
Really pretty shots, especially the last one...an interesting bird!
Thank you Eileen. Slowly I am learning about bids, both shore birds and others closer to home. Much fun. Dianne
Marvelous photos of this wonderful bird !
Best regards, Synnöve
Wonderful pics, Eileen. You sure capture a lot of good birds.
Beautiful shots, Eileen.
Some lovely photos there. It's interesting to see the differences between our Avocets!
all Avocets are gorgeous birds. Love them all.
Beautiful images of the Avocet, Eileen.
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