American avocet

Photo By/Credit

Finley and Bolhman

Date Shot/Created
01/01/2005
Media Usage Rights/License
Tandem Stills + Motion License
Image
An American avocet in its breeding plumage, it is the only avocet in the world with an annual color change. A hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman at Klamath Marsh in 1905.
Subject tags
Wildlife refuges
Shorebirds
Photography
Migratory birds
History
Birds