a pair of pied avocets mating on the edge of a shallow lake

animal attractive avian avocet avocets avosetta background beak beaks beautiful behavior bird black blue breeding camera coastal copy couple coupling courtship crossed curved degrees facing feather female forming gravel island lake landscape long male males marsh mate mating minsmere mounting natural nature outdoor pair pattern pied plumage pond recurvirostra reproduction ripples scrape sea sex shore space two wading water waves wetland white wild wildlife wing wings