American Avocets on North Beach!
May 22, 2022 - American Avocets are regular winter visitors to Florida, but they seem to be getting harder to find.... Read more
American Avocet
 | I’m yet another bird that visits Florida during the wintertime. I have a shape similar to a Black-necked Stilt, but I don’t have a black head and my beak curves up a little bit. If you find me in late summer or early spring, you might find that my head and neck are pink, which is my breeding plumage. Most Likely Found: At the beach When: Winter Where I've photographed: Fort De Soto, Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Viera Wetlands Read more: American Avocet at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird: American Avocet eBird range |
I have written 9 posts including a photo of a American Avocet
Spring 2022 Shorebirds on Outback Key
May 8, 2022 - I'll give you a hint about who my next post will feature: American Avocets!... Read more
Good Birds, Bad Light at Merritt Island NWR
January 23, 2015 - The sun disappeared behind clouds as we spotted some American Avocets.... Read more
January Field Trip – Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands
January 12, 2015 - The American Avocet is one of the "good birds" of the wetlands.... Read more
Lakeland Christmas Bird Count 2014
December 21, 2014 - One of the stars of the Outfall Wetlands is the American Avocet, a bird known to winter along Florida's coast.... I hopped out to photograph the Black-necked Stilts (another inland rarity) next to the American Avocets.... Read more
Rare Birds at the Lake Hancock Outfall Wetlands
November 9, 2014 - How can you not enjoy seeing dozens of Black-necked Stilts and American Avocets?... The American Avocets were the most popular birds this morning.... Read more
Lakeland Christmas Bird Count 2013 – I Found Pelicans!
December 22, 2013 - Known rarities in the area included Black-necked Stilt and American Avocet.... I was surprised to learn that the Black-necked Stilts and American Avocets can be found in the wintertime, so far inland.... Read more
Productive Morning at the Viera Click Ponds
July 23, 2011 - After hearing on Birdbrains about the early fall migrants at Viera Wetlands, I had to make a trip over there. The wetlands itself was very unproductive, with not even the Purple Gallinules showing themselves to me. No Black-bellied Whistling Ducks greeted me, either. But over in the Click Ponds, there…... Read more
Preview: American Avocets at Viera Wetlands!
July 22, 2011 - I spent my off-Friday morning at Viera Wetlands, excited by the Birdbrains reports of American Avocets and pharalopes and baby Black-bellied Whistling Ducks.... This was my first opportunity to see and photograph American Avocets.... Read more