A pair of American Avocets from April 2023 at Metzger's Marsh Wildlife causeway, in Bono, OH. Two Avocets center frame both facing forward, one looking to the right, displaying their long thin beak. Note the warm rusty coloring of head and neck during breeding season.

Two American Avocets in nonbreeding colors, taken October 2023 on the causeway at Huntington Beach State Park, Murrel's Inlet, SC. One facing left, with reflection the other right of frame, facing forward, looking right. Avocets are small, slender shorebirds with long thin bills.

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As my family will attest, I sometimes get lost for several hours while birding. But if capturing photos of birds like this Black-throated blue warbler is a prospect, who can blame me? #Birds #BirdingOH #exPostie #MetzgersMarsh #WarblerMigration