American avocets at Delaware's Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Four tan-black-and-white birds with long gray bills probing sand for food at the beach

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American avocets at Delaware's Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

American avocets. Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware.

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Photo By/Credit

Mike Carlo/USFWS

Facility

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Coastal

Recreational Activity

Beach combing

Birding

Species

Recurvirostra americana

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Public Domain

Subject tags

Birds

Birdwatching

Coasts

Shorebirds

Wildlife refuges

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