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American Avocet and Marbled Godwit
Recurvirostra americana Limosa
fedoa
Long-billed Dowitcher (or possibly Short-billed Dowitcher)
scolopaceus griseus
Avocets in the foreground browse,
while Marbled Godwits sleep, and Dowitchers land to join the
sleeping Godwits. This is seen quite often in the salt marsh, a
subtle interaction between species - mixed shore birds sleeping
while the Avocets provide defacto sentries. In contrast, the
Avocets appear to sleep and preen in large flocks of strictly
Avocets, with Avocet sentries posted on any flank from which a
threat might approach.
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