Adult avocets can be sexed based on the degree of bill curvature - males have longer, straighter bills than females. This bird is most likely a male.
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American Avocet (
Recurvirostra americana
)
North Avenue Beach, Cook County, 9/7/89
Photograph by Robert Hughes
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