Part of bird reserve left to sea Aug 25, 2008
The charity is also planning to create more island nesting sites for breeding avocets in the freshwater part of the reserve and at the Freiston Shore and Frampton Marsh reserves, about 19 miles away. Four more hectares of reedbed for bitterns will also be created. (BBC News -- UK)
A Lake For Tolkien Fans May 25, 2008
Try telling that to the 2 million birds that nest here - California gulls, eared grebes, American avocets, western and least sandpipers, snowy plovers and white-faced ibises, to name a few - or the 5 billion brine shrimp that form a milky cloud beneath our paddles. Little graced with the picturesque. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Shorebird Numbers Crash In Australia Apr 14, 2008
A large scale aerial survey study covering the eastern third of the continent by researchers at the University of New South Wales has identified that migratory shorebirds populations there plunged by 73% between 1983 and 2006, while Australia's 15 species of resident shorebirds - such as avocets and stilts - have declined by 81 ... Australia's 15 species of resident shorebirds - such as avocets and stilts - have declined by 81% in the past 25 years. (Science Daily)
Burns celebrates birds' comeback Apr 4, 2008
As spring progresses, the migrating species will include double-crested cormorants, American white pelicans, western grebes, long-billed curlews and American avocets, in addition to marsh birds, shorebirds and other species, according to refuge literature. More than two dozen tours and workshops will be offered during the weekend, plus an art show and sale at Burns High School. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Passing through - Whether at Lee Metcalf or elsewhere in western Montana, spring is perfect time to view geese, ducks and other migratory birds Mar 28, 2008
Last of all come the shorebirds: American avocets, black-necked stilts, killdeer, snipes and phalaropes, marbled godwits and whimbrels. It is May by the time they ve come and gone. (Missoulian, MT)
Ask the Bird Folks: Avocet sighting a rare treat Jan 9, 2008
Avocets have a piercing, high-pitched call that sounds like a combination of Tiny Tim and that grating Karen woman on television s Will and Grace. As you might expect, avocets use their call to communicate with each other, but they also use it to fool predators ... This is especially true when avocets are on the attack. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
50-year plan for turning South Bay salt ponds to tidal wetlands Dec 13, 2007
People walking near about 250 acres of shallow ponds with 50 nesting islands will see American avocets, black-necked stilts and Forster's terns. Thousands of western and least sandpipers, grebes, marbled godwits and dunlins come in the winter. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Songs and sojourns of the season Sep 19, 2007
As Greenberg had predicted, it was around drying mudholes and plowed-up sod farms that we would see a rich variety of migratory shorebirds: plovers with slick, licorice-jelly-bean bellies; greater yellowlegs sandpipers tottering daintily on their cracked-pencil limbs; avocets with their dusky rouge heads and their absurdly elongated, upcurling bills; and killdeer, named for the sound of their call and famed for the way they can fake a broken wing to lure would-be predators away from their nests.... (International Herald Tribune)
OPEN FORUM - On Water - Salton Sea Aug 20, 2007
OPEN FORUM / On Water / Salton Sea - A time for action (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
In picturesThe birds staying away from the UK because of a warming climate Aug 18, 2007
These avocets are on mud at Exminster Marshes reserve, Devon. Declines of Bewick's swans - shown here feeding with whooper swans in a ploughed field - are particularly noted in Northern Ireland, says the RSPB.. (BBC News -- Science)
Tension mounts over Los Cerritos Wetlands Jul 29, 2007
"I always take my binoculars to Trader Joe's, because I can go shopping and birding at the same time," said resident Harriet Bennish, who spotted a pair of American avocets last month in a pond that dried up weeks later. . (Los Angeles Times)
In picturesSuccesses chalked up by some of Britain's wildlife species May 19, 2007
Avocets, which returned to nest in Britain in 1948, now nest widely around the south-east coastline. Declared extinct in Britain in 1979, the large blue butterfly was reintroduced in 1983. (BBC News -- Science)
Algae Bloom Kills Sea Birds, Other Sea Life In Southern California In Record Numbers Apr 29, 2007
Species included grebes, gulls, cormorants, American avocets and loons. Not all test positive for DA. But other neurotoxins such as saxitoxin which can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning in humans, are also being examined by Dave Caron and Astrid Schnetzer. (Science Daily)
Let's get rustic Apr 29, 2007
Over 300 bird species shelter within the wetlands including flamingos, herons, avocets and oystercatchers. Bikes can be hired to explore the delta or to cycle to the duned beaches 5km away. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
News in brief Apr 21, 2007
It is a home for avocets (right) - the bird on the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds logo - with 10% of the UK's 1,000 pairs breeding there. This year is the 60th anniversary of the bird's return to the UK, a century after it was driven to extinction. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Malheur top stops Apr 12, 2007
Knox Pond: This is the place to see waterfowl and wading birds, such as avocets and black neck stilts. Krumbo Reservoir: This site is open from April 28 until Nov. 1. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Spring fishing forecast calls for good fishing opportunities Apr 12, 2007
avocets, long-billed dowitchers, killdeer and yellowlegs) as well as gulls and other waterbirds continue to arrive and increase in number. Other spring arrivals and increases in migrant numbers should occur this week. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Oregon Recreation Report Mar 15, 2007
avocets, dowitchers, killdeer and yellowlegs) as well as gulls and other waterbirds are beginning to arrive. Resident and wintering raptors remain scattered throughout the Area as well as on private lands along Highway 31. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Mysterious Toxin Kills Nearly 3 Dozen O.C. Birds Feb 14, 2007
What is perplexing is that the different types of birds, which include grebes, avocets and cormorants, "don't share food and feeding techniques," Birkle said. "We're not sure, it could be something in the water," Birkle said. (CBS2.com, CA)
BIRDS GOTTA FLY, DOGS GOTTA LICK Jan 20, 2007
Perhaps the avocets performed their fly-past to celebrate their 60-year run of success, their glorious transition from rarities to that of the exquisite commonplace. We turned and walked back to the pub, discussing why birds go in for this wonderful formation flying. (TimesOnline)
From four-spotted footmen to lilac beauties, we had a real (moth) ball Sep 16, 2006
Minsmere is the RSPB s flagship nature reserve down the road from me in Suffolk, a place famous for birds, especially avocets. But one of life s essential truths is that if a place is good for one kind of life, it is generally good for many others. (TimesOnline)
UK's 'biggest' wetland created Jul 4, 2006
"Hundreds of thousands of wetland birds rely entirely on the Essex saltmarsh for their food each winter. "Wallasea Wetlands will be a wonderful feeding and roosting habitat for birds like oystercatchers, avocets and little terns, which have been gradually displaced from the area during the last 50 years, as well as creating a haven for other rare wildlife. " He said the wetlands will provide flood defence by taking the energy out of waves as they pass over the area. "The new sea defences will... (BBC News -- Science)
PETALUMAWildlife group migrates to new home Jun 1, 2006
" Besides, Cohen said, the business park isn't any old cracker-box development marooned in a sea of endless sprawl: It borders 500 acres of restored and reclaimed marshland on the Petaluma River, one of the richest tidal wetlands along San Francisco Bay and a ready laboratory for the study of estuarine birds of all feathers. Since its founding 40 years ago, the observatory has specialized in compiling data on western birds, particularly seabirds, shorebirds and songbirds. It is the lead research... (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Natural View May 27, 2006
We saw American avocets feeding on mudflats at the northeast end of Hebgen Lake on May 21st. We watched a pair of red-necked grebes courting on Henry's Lake. (W. Yellowstone News, MT)
Trying to protect the 'tree of life'Petaluma River gets a new batch of friends May 25, 2006
" Barbara Fitzgerald, Patterson's first mate, offered a commentary on denizens of the marsh, who could be seen wading on the mudflats, stalking the shallows and winging above the riverbanks: marbled godwits, willets, avocets, a black-necked stilt, pairs of mallards, Canada geese, a snowy egret, Western grebes. "Look at this beautiful place. Oh my gosh, it's something to be proud of," Fitzgerald said. "Now, over there, on the right bank at around two o'clock, we've got a great blue heron, doing... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
A Nest in the Concrete Jungle Mar 9, 2006
What you may see: Egrets, American avocets, American coots, blue herons, turkey vultures, brown pelicans, long-billed curlews and black skimmers. Sources: L.A. and Orange county parks, San Fernando Valley Audubon Society, Friends of Ballona Wetlands. (Los Angeles Times)
