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Recurvirostra americana
This avocet has long, thin, gray legs, giving it its colloquial name, "blue shanks". The plumage is black and white on the back with white on the underbelly. The neck and head are cinnamon colored in the summer and gray in the winter. The long, thin bill is upturned at the end.
Bodie Island National Wildlife Refuge
Spotted on Jan 19, 2014
Submitted on Jan 29, 2014
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