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	Avocet - Appearance, Habits and Species of this Wading Bird
		The Pied Avocet, Recurvirostra avocetta of ornithology, is a wading bird who is remarkable for its bill, which is perhaps the most slender to be seen of all birds.
		The avocet is about as large as a Lapwing, and has white plumage, with the exception of its crown, the back of its neck, the inner scapulars, some of the wing-coverts and the primaries, which are fl, while the legs are of a fine light blue.
		However around 100 years after their disappearance in the UK, Avocets returned to this country in the 1940s, and the success of the bird's breeding inspired the RSPB (Royal Society for the the Protection of Birds) to make the avocet the bird which has been featured on its official logo since 1970.
	www.thewonderofbirds.com /avocet (604 words)

	Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta
		Although ever-increasing numbers of avocets are wintering in this country, still larger numbers move south in autumn from breeding grounds in north-west France, Spain and Portugal.
		Avocets are described as exploiting even the smallest temporary desert pools, only departing as these dry out.
		During cold, wet weather in the early days and also at night the parent avocet rests on its tarsi and the young shelter beneath the wings and among the breast feathers.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/avocet.htm (774 words)

	Silflay Hraka: Mr Answer Man Explores The Wonderful World of Bill Curvature
		Though the various avocet species do display a rather striking bill curvature, to my mind the oddest bill shape belongs either to the crossbills, where the upper and lower bills end up pointing in different directions, or to New Zealand's Wrybill, where the beak curves sideways.
		In the case of the avocets and flamingos, the bill shape illustrates the differing solutions each species has evolved in an attempt to feed most efficiently on a food source they have in common; the brine shrimp, or Sea Monkeys, as they are more popularly known.
		Avocets have three visual feeding methods: pecking, plunging, and snatching; and six tactile feeding methods: bill pursuit, filtering, scraping, single scything (bill is held open slightly at the muddy substrate surface and moved from one side to the other), multiple scything, and dabble scything.
	silflayhraka.com /archives/2005/03/mr_answer_man_explores_the_won.html (695 words)

	Animal details
		Pied avocets are waders with short hind toes and webs between the three front toes.
		All species of pied avocets have got nice, loud feathers with a fl-white or fl-brown design.
		Ideal breeding conditions are found by these birds on the coasts of the North and Baltic Sea, on the recently silt-up shoreline of the mud flats and on the salty meadows.
	www.zoo-hannover.de /zoo-hannover/en/zoo_v3/tiere_attraktionen/tiere_az/tiere_detail_962.html (573 words)

	Avocet
		The four species of Avocets are waders in the same bird family as the stilts.
		They have long legs and long upcurved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer.
		The plumage is pied sometimes also with some red.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/av/Avocet.html (83 words)

	Pied Avocet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae.
		Its successful recolonisation in the 1940s led to its adoption as the logo of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
		The Pied Avocet is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pied_Avocet (317 words)

	Avocet - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Coastal lagoons on the east coast in summer, and south and east coast estuaries in winter.
		Avocets now also breed in north-east England, north-west England, south Wales and the Fens.
		The avocet is also known as a ‘cobbler’s awl’ due to the shape of its beak, which resembles a shoemaker’s tool.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/A/Avocet/index.asp (217 words)

	Avocet, Birds, Avocet, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia
		Date : 12/8/2006 Time : 12:25:25 AM The avocet is a long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the genus Recurvirostra.
		The American avocet, R. americana, which is 46 cm (18 in) long, breeds in western North and Central America but strays during migrations to the eastern coast of the United States, where it once nested.
		The pied avocet, R. avosetta, of the Old World has a fl band atop its head and neck.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=3 (117 words)

	Stilt & Avocet family
		The Stilts and Avocets are a small family of shorebirds with representatives found around the world.
		This particular American Avocet in flight is a male with a comparatively shallow upturn to the long, thin bill; females are more decidedly upswept, more similar to their Old World counterpart.
		Avocets scythe the murk in shallow ponds for invertebrate (often free-swimming) prey; stilts pick more daintily, both in the shallows and regularly along the edge.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/stilts.html (834 words)

	Raptors to Waders - Vagrant Data
		Pied Avocet 13 10/04/1989 Earls Barton GP 1
		Pied Avocet 15 29/03/1993 Earls Barton GP 2
		Pied Avocet 16 17/05/1993 Earls Barton GP 1
	www.northamptonshirewildlife.co.uk /npton/VAG2.HTM (160 words)

	Untitled
		) and 66 avocets have been ringed in '98 and 11 in '99.
		Adoption of alien chicks of Avocet in Hungary.
		Also, we are interested in the post-breeding movements and next-year return rates of fledged chicks.
	www.ping.be /~pin02658/cr-PiedAvocet.htm (910 words)

	Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
		For the purposes of our bird news services, Avocet is classed as Local: generally fairly regular or common species that a 'county lister' or a birding beginner might be interested in going to see.
		Avocet breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country):
		Avocets have successfully bred at a number of 'new' sites this year, including birds in Worcestershire.
	www.birdguides.com /species/species.asp?sp=053010 (359 words)

	NatureWorks - Charadriiformes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		There are 10 species in this family, including the fl oystercatcher, the South Island oystercatcher, the sooty oystercatcher, the pied oystercatcher, the African oystercatcher, the Eurasian oystercatcher and the American oystercatcher.
		Species in this family include: the fl-winged stilt, the Australian stilt, the fl-tailed stilt, the New Zealand stilt, the American avocet, the Andean avocet, the pied avocet and the red-necked avocet.
		The Black-necked Stilt and the American avocet are found in North America.
	www.nhptv.org /Natureworks/charadriiformes.htm (1042 words)

	AnimalTrek.com - Avocet Pictures, Information, Wallpaper, Photos
		The four species of Avocets are waders in the same bird family as the stilts.
		They have long legs and long upcurved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer.
		The plumage is pied, sometimes also with some red.
	www.animaltrek.com /birds/avocet (121 words)

	THE OTTER SIDE - Shorebird/Wader Images
		American Avocets are common breeding birds in freshwater marshes and shallow lakes of the western prairies and surrounding foothills of North America from Washington and Manitoba to California and Texas.
		Avocets feed by sweeping their long, upturned bills back and forth through the water as they march along, snapping up whatever food they encounter.
		This American Avocet, in dull winter plumage, was photographed at Brigantine NWR in New Jersey.
	www.otterside.com /htmfiles/shore1.htm (356 words)

	British Ornithologists Union: BRANTA
		The main focus was mapping the location of breeding pairs and collecting various measurements in relation to the nests and eggs.
		The most numerous breeding species was Pied Avocet (400-500 pairs), followed by Black-winged Stilt (70-105 pairs), Little Ringed Plover (100 pairs), Northern Lapwing (70-100 pairs), Kentish Plover (50-70 pairs), Collared Pratincole (16-30 pairs), Stone-Curlew (35 pairs) and Eurasian Oystercatcher (3-4 pairs).
		Over the past 20 years, numbers of Pied Avocets, Black-winged Stilts and Kentish Plovers have suffered a 4/5-fold decline and only Little Ringed Plovers have shown a major increase.
	www.bou.org.uk /branta/dalakchieva04.htm (589 words)

	Recurvirostra avosetta - Armeniapedia.org
		Image:200px-Avocet310.jpg The Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae.
		Adults have white plumage except for a fl cap and fl patches in the wings and on the back.
		The call of the Avocet is a loud klute-klute-klute.
	www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Recurvirostra_avosetta (303 words)

	Pied Avocet Photo Gallery by Ian Fulton at pbase.com
		Pied Avocet Photo Gallery by Ian Fulton at pbase.com
		An elegant wader with a distinctive feeding style in which it sweeps the surface of the water with its upturned bill.
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	www.pbase.com /ianfulton/nam_avocet (78 words)

	Sightings 2007 Vogelplas Starrevaart, Vlietland and Leidschendammerhout
		Leidschendammerhout: Gadwall 10, Common Pochard 6, Pied Avocet 2, Black-tailed Godwit 17, Meadow Pipit 4.
		Leidschendammerhout: Pied Avocet 1, Black-tailed Godwit 86, Common Redshank 2.
		March 25 - Peregrine Falcon 1 adult, Pied Avocet 15, European Golden Plover 100, Dunlin 1, Ruff 2, Black-tailed Godwit 1800, Eurasian Curlew 8, Spotted Redshank 10, Common Redshank 30.
	www.xs4all.nl /~sjaak/vwgvl/en/sightings (3783 words)

	Birderblog.com - Another bird photo from Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He writes, ''Their pond is drying up, so I may be done with wading bird pictures.'' But the ones he's sent so far have been really cool.
		The Pied Avocet, called simply the Avocet by many people in Eurasia and Africa because it's the only Avocet in that entire area of the world, is used as the symbol of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
		They have quite a bit of information on their website about this splendid bird, which is in the same genus as our American Avocet.
	www.birderblog.com /post.php?id=592 (153 words)

	Pied Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta - CICONIIFORMES - Birds of Haryana - Fauna - India - Birding - Bird
		Pied Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta - CICONIIFORMES - Birds of Haryana - Fauna - India - Birding - Bird
		It is found near brackish pools, jheels and swamps.
		The Pied Avocet has a fl crown and nape, fl wing tips, fl covert patches and fl scapular bars.
	www.haryana-online.com /fauna/Birds/pied_avocet.htm (114 words)

	Avocet Information
		There are 10 informational link matches for 'Avocet'.
		USGS data sheet on American Avocet, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information.
		Categorized information on Pied Avocet including habitat, feeding habits, migration information, etc. Read More
	www.junglewalk.com /info/avocet-information.htm (163 words)

	Avocet (Pied Avocet) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Breeding is now taking place inland on the Ouse Washes (first recorded in 1996 and up to 20 pairs by 1999) and the birds are summering at Rutland Water.
		The return to Britain has happened after many years of increase in the number of Avocets breeding in Denmark, Holland and other countries round the North Sea — for instance the Danish population trebled over the 50 years 1920 — 1970 and the Dutch population increased even faster.
		Provision and management of the habitat is the answer.
	www.birdcare.com /bin/showsonb?avocet (288 words)

	Ventures Birding & Natural History Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This coastal reserve has populations of Pied Avocet and European Marsh Harrier, both rare in England.
		From here we will travel north through the marshes and woodlands of Cambridgeshire to Ely, with its historic cathedral, and then on to Yorkshire to visit the moors and impressive seabird cliffs, with thousands of nesting birds including Razorbill, Atlantic Puffin, and Northern Gannet.
		This area was flooded as an anti-invasion measure during the Second World War, and the resulting environment created perfect conditions for the first pairs of Pied Avocets to breed in England since the mid-19th century.
	www.birdventures.com /Trips/GB05.htm (1329 words)

	Film footage - Birds of Ngorongoro Crater: Film Log page 1 of 2 : Last Refuge stock film library
		MS Avocet in water, stretches leg and walks off frame to R
		MS Hippo sleeping in water, a Sacred Ibis and a White Pelican on Hippo preening, and Avocets and a Black-winged Stilt feeding and preening in foreground, 600mm/300mm/20;1 zoom
		MS Hippo sleeping in water, a Sacred Ibis and a White Pelican on Hippo preening, and Avocets and a Black-winged Stilt feeding and preening in foreground
	www.lastrefuge.co.uk /data/stockfilmind/birds_log1.html (902 words)

	International Shorebird Gallery - Part 1
		Pied Avocet by Cem O. KIRAC, METU-BC, Turkey
		American Avocet male/female in alternate plumage, ©; David Sarkoziat Birds of the Upper Texas Coast
		Red-necked Avocet Shorebirds from Queensland by Tom & Marie Tarrant
	pw1.netcom.com /~djhoff/sbimage1.html (939 words)

	ABUSY.com - Avocet pictures, information, pics And wallpaper.
		ABUSY.com - Avocet pictures, information, pics And wallpaper.
		The four species, all in the genus Recurvirostra are: Pied Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana Red-necked Avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Andean Avocet, Recurvirostra andina
		All Poster Images Are Used With Permission Or Are Licensed Through Art.com And Allposters.com.
	www.abusy.com /nature/birds/avocet (259 words)

	Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta - Charadriidae - Birds of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta - Charadriidae - Birds of India
		Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) - photo © Rajiv Lather
		Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) - widespread winter visitor and local resident in India.
	www.birding.in /birds/Ciconiiformes/Charadriidae/pied_avocet.htm (51 words)

	Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Pied Avocet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Pied Avocet
		Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Avocets and Stilts :: Pied Avocet
		Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors
	www.mangoverde.com /birdsound/spec/spec57-7.html (112 words)

	NOVICA - Wood sculptures, 'Blue Pied Avocet' (pair)
		NOVICA - Wood sculptures, 'Blue Pied Avocet' (pair)
		The blue pied avocet is a shorebird with webbed feet.
		No part of this website may be reproduced, republished, copied, transmitted, or distributed in any form without NOVICA's expressed written consent.
	www.novica.com /referral.cfm?cellid=TLPR20061010&p=111151 (283 words)

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