{"id":220,"date":"2013-11-12T02:40:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T02:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/?p=220"},"modified":"2013-11-19T03:14:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T03:14:29","slug":"american-avocet-recurvirostra-americana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2013\/11\/12\/american-avocet-recurvirostra-americana\/","title":{"rendered":"American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)"},"content":{"rendered":"<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" id=\"attachment_198\" style=\"width: 635px;\">\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>The American Avocet (<em><strong>Recurvirostra<\/strong><\/em><strong> americana<\/strong>) is a weird waterbird, namely because of its curved bill, something seen mostly in Curlews, another type of Sandpiper. They feed by whipping their long curved bills through the water (<em>Weird, right?)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>American Avocets are easy to find, and you do not have to get down on the mudflats to see them (if you like on your stomach, you probably would get their legs!) They breed with\u00a0<strong>Black-necked Stilt (<em>Himantopus mexicanus<\/em>),<\/strong>\u00a0so do not think that I&#8217;ve got it all weird when I start talking about the Avostilt like mad (See <b>Black-necked Stilt\u00a0<\/b>for this one.)<\/p>\n<p>My friend, Ari, who is a amateur Ornithologist, has been dying to see the\u00a0<strong>American Avocet.\u00a0<\/strong>I can not wait till I tell him I have seen one close up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; American Avocet (Only American Group)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_198\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/American-Avocet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198\" class=\"size-large wp-image-198\" alt=\"American Avocet feeding. \" src=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/American-Avocet-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/American-Avocet-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/American-Avocet-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/American-Avocet-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Avocet feeding.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a weird waterbird, namely because of its curved bill, something seen mostly in Curlews, another type of Sandpiper. 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