Amazing Elegant Avocets, in Galveston Bay

EarthSky's Shireen Gonzaga visited Galveston, Texas, shortly after the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse. She caught these beautiful flocks of American avocets - shore birds that visit Galveston each year in spring - to feed in Galveston Bay. As the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology says, "The American avocet takes elegance to a new level."
Read about American avocets via CornellLab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/A...
Producer for EarthSky Shireen Gonzaga: earthsky.org/author/shireengon...
Host for EarthSky Deborah Byrd: earthsky.org/author/deborahbyrd
#birds #birdwatching #avocets

[@janetproebstel1687]

My favorite bird. Thank you.

[@shadimehr9348]

🙏❤️

[@cygnistellarswan1375]

Huh.... Thus far iv only seen clips of astronomy. This is beautiful too.

[@earthsky]

EARTHsky ... It's all one thing. ❤️

[@fatimashaama]

never heard of Avocets,what an incredibly fit bird,I wish I had their stamina..humans can be lazy bums!

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