Identification: The pied avocet is a tall, slender, and small-bodied wading bird. They have white plumage with black caps and black wing patches. Habitat and Location: They inhabit shallow lakes ...

Prominent black crescent framing lower edge of auricular. On perched bird, wing patch shows only as a thin white line along the leading edge of the folded wing. Adult male: grayish or grayish ...

They are large fluffy birds, about 9 inches long or the size ... While they have a grayish color overall, with black and white wing bars, males are distinguished by bold reddish color on heads ...

Summer male: black ... a white epaulet border, colder gray-buff upperpart markings in winter, and a different voice. One of the most abundant birds in North America, the red-winged’s count ...