ELEGANCE PERSONIFIED (Explore)

This American Avocet is an example of that elegance as it quietly moves across the water at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah.

 

American Avocets place their nests directly on the ground without the benefit of shrubs to provide shade. To keep the eggs from overheating during incubation, they dip their belly feathers in water. (CornellLab)

 

 

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