American Avocet, Reflection

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The American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a large wading bird. Its long, thin, blue-gray legs have given it the colloquial name, "blue shanks". The American avocet's neck and head are cinnamon colored in the summer and white/gray in the winter. They are migratory birds, wintering on the southern Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico and the United States.