two american avocets and their reflections.

american avocet active alone appealing aquatic autumn beak beauty beautiful birding biology birdwatching black white photograph california copy space cute diurnal ecology estuary feathers foraging habitat horizontal legs marshland migration migratory bird mud flat natural nature people outdoors reflections pablo bay national wildlife refuge shorebird simplicity small solitary summer tranquility two wading walking water waterbird wetland winter plumage charadriiformes recurvirostra americana recurvirostridae avocets non-breeding adults pictured swing long upturned bills shallow catch invertebrates fora reflections