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A noisy and obvious resident of inland marshes, mud flats and
ocean estuaries, the American Avocet uses its long legs and peculiarly
upturned bill to stir up aquatic invertebrates underwater. Often nesting
together with other pairs of avocets in a loose colony, they are all
quick to fly over the heads of intruders and dive bomb them with loud
callings. It commonly swims when the water is too deep to wade in. The nest
is a shallow depression near water in sand or gravel and often in the shade
of an isolated bush. |
