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American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
American Avocet. Photo:Peter Mirejovsky
With its long, slender, upturned bill and spindly legs, the American avocet is an unusual, if common, sight around the wetlands and lakes of the prairie provinces. The avocet finds food by probing with its bill in a side-to-side motion.
Distribution
of American Avocet in Canada
