Date: 4/23/24 6:59 pm From: Edge Wade <1edgewade...> Subject: Re: Large number of Avocets at Fountain Grove CA, Livingston County.
Robbins' book is online for downloading. This is from the 2020 2nd.
edition:
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Status: Uncommon transient, but more common at all seasons in the western
half of the state; accidental summer resident in northwest; accidental
winter resident. Documentation: Specimen: female, 7 May 1967, Bigelow Marsh
(KU 117845). Habitat: Mudflats, shoreline, flooded fields, lakes and
reservoirs.
Spring: There are four Mar records, but the first migrants usually do not
appear until early Apr, with peak in late Apr/early May. A few are seen
into early Jun. Earliest dates: 2, 20 Mar 2012, Eagle Bluffs (G. Connette,
PK); 1, 24 Mar 1977, Kansas City (J. Garrett). High counts: 200, photos, 17
Apr 2020, Stockton Dam (C. and C. Hawn);
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THE STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF BIRDS IN MISSOURI
100, 8 Apr 1894, near Stotesbury, Vernon Co. (T. Surber; Widmann 1907); 57,
1 May 2011, Loess Bluffs (MR, JK); 56, 16 Apr 2000, Four Rivers CA (MG);
55, 27 Apr 2008, Loess Bluffs (DE). Latest dates: there are several
observations throughout Jun that likely represent late spring migrants
and/or early fall migrants.
Edge Wade
Columbia, MO
<1edgewade...>
On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 8:18 PM Dianne & Steve Kinder <
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