3/8/22 - AMAV- American Avocet
These birds are notable for their upturned bills (as opposed to the ibises from a few days ago, that have the opposite curve to their bills). Have never seen one of these waterbirds -- they are more common out west, but can spend winters along the Florida coast. Apparently they sometimes pull the cowbird trick and lay their eggs in other birds nests. But sometimes the trick gets played on them by stilts and terns. According to allaboutbirds, Avocet chicks leave the nest after just 24 hours, and are already swimming and diving by then to escape predators.
By Dan Pancamo - originally posted to Flickr as Quintana June 2nd 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12182228
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