American avocets were previously found across most of the United States until extirpated from the East Coast. The breeding habitat consists of marshes, beaches, prairie ponds, and shallow lakes in the mid-west, as far north as southern Canada.
They breed around wetlands in dry parts of interior North America, but during the winter, many of them head to coastal lagoons, salt ponds, and mudflats. Here ...
American Avocets may migrate south for the winter, or they may migrate west from inland breeding sites to coastal wintering sites.
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Around lake shores and tidal flats, especially in the wide-open spaces of the west, flocks of elegant American Avocets wade in the shallows.
The American Avocet breeds in both fresh and salt water habitats throughout western North America, often using ephemeral wetlands in otherwise arid regions.
American Avocets breed in large numbers within wetlands of the Great Salt Lake, Utah; San Francisco Bay, CA; and the Tulare Basin of California; pairs nest at ...
Locally, they breed in the Panhandle and in West Texas on the shores of inland playas and along the Gulf coast. American avocets winter as far south as Mexico ...
Range / Habitat: During the summer, the American Avocet breeds in the western Great Plains, from Saskatchewan and Alberta southward through Montana and the ...
Widespread and fairly common in North America, although rare or absent from much of the eastern U.S. Usually seen in flocks, sometimes numbering into the ...
It lives in open areas with little vegetation and shallow waters, and can be found throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed during the winter months. This ...
