American Avocet - Dr. Dude Photography

American Avocet standing on a foot path. — **American Avocet, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 20, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 420 mm; ISO-160; f/9; 1/400 sec.*

This page is for the American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana). I have found these to be interesting and beautiful birds for quite a while and I thought it would be quite a while before I saw them in person as they are fairly rare. I just happened to be in the right place as a small flock of them was migrating through.

Eight American Avocets wading in the shallow water near a beach with four Blue-Winged Teal swimming nearby. — **American Avocet, North Holiday Park, Benbrook, TX, September 4, 2022**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/11; 1/1000 sec.*

Eight American Avocets taking off from the edge of a lake. — **American Avocet, North Holiday Park, Benbrook, TX, September 4, 2022**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/1000 sec.*

American Avocet standing on one leg in the shallow water near a concrete spillway. — **American Avocet, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 18, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1000; f/10; 1/320 sec.*

American Avocet standing in the shallow water near the pond bank and a tree stump. — **American Avocet, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 19, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2500; f/10; 1/800 sec.*

American Avocet on a foot path with its bill over its back. — **American Avocet, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 20, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-250; f/11; 1/400 sec.*

American Avocet walking at the edge of a pond with a chick walking next to it on the shore. — **American Avocet, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 20, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/400 sec.*

American Avocet chick grasping a small invertebrate with its bill. — **American Avocet, San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, CA, June 20, 2023**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/400 sec.*

Two American Avocets flying nearby. — **American Avocet, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell, TX, February 24, 2024**
*Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/1600 sec.*

Those were the best images I have taken of this species so far. For additional photos that are more for documentation of observations, please see my secondary page at: American Avocet