Date: 4/16/25 7:16 pm From: Tim Kavan <tkavan_76...> Subject: American Avocets - New Madrid County
I scan the flooded landscape along I-55 and highway 80 daily on my commute to work in Cape Girardeau county, mostly daydreaming on what the possibilities are out there of seeing all the different shorebirds and waterfowl enjoying the newly exposed waters edge of agriculture fields. But today, on my journey home, my eyes caught something that forced me to pause. I hit the brakes, turned the car around and found a safe spot to park. My eyes did not deceive me. 3 beautiful American Avocets were standing/resting in the mix of 100's/1000's of plovers/yellowlegs/sandpipers, teal and other waterfowl.
Need more sets of eyes on this landscape!
Tim Kavan
East Prairie, MO
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