Avocet couple
by Judi Dressler
Title
Avocet couple
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
These two American Avocets were never far apart on the morning when I was photographing them. They were a couple, and displayed sweet behavior towards each other after mating. American Avocets place their nests directly on the ground without the benefit of shrubs to provide shade, and in this image, they may have been tending to a nest hidden behind the rock.
To keep the eggs from overheating during incubation, these birds dip their belly feathers in water. The chicks leave the nest within 24 hours of hatching. Day-old American Avocets can walk, swim, and even dive to escape predators. American Avocets wade in shallow water of lakes and ponds, filtering tiny food items from just below the surface.
Photo taken April 19, 2019, in Lakewood, Colorado.
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Descriptive tags and keywords for this image include avocets, american avocets, american, avocet, couple, spring, courting, nesting, mating, building a nest, love, in love, flirting, wetlands, recurvirostra, recurvirostridae, male, female, pond, lake, water, elegant, long bill, shorebird, shore, birds, colorado, aves, avian, nature, wild, wildlife, judi dressler, and dressler.
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April 20th, 2019
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Comments (19)
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #19 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Diana Mary Sharpton
Excellent capture of Avocets! Nominating for special feature on the 1000 view group... T/F
Shoal Hollingsworth
Wonderful work, I nominated this for a Special Feature in the 1000 Views group. L/F
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful close up photograph of an Avocet couple courting on the beach with great pose, colors, perspective, and composition, Judi! F/L
Don Columbus
Congratulations Judi, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Don Columbus
Congratulations Judi, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Dawn Currie
Judi, Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! You are invited to archive it in the 2019 Pure Nature Photography Featured Work Archive discussion thread for longer lasting visibility.
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