American Avocets (click to see the larger version)

Twenty four American Avocets were at the east end of Montrose Beach early this morning, November 4. The birds were still there when I left at 7 but apparently a Peregrine Falcon came along and scared all but one of them away, and from what I heard that one avocet is lucky to be alive. This is one of the largest groups of American Avocets I’ve seen at Montrose and by far the largest group this late in the year.