Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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STILT, AVOCET

American Avocet  Recurvirostra americana

WINTER:  NO RECORDS.

SUMMER:  Casual Migrant.   Four records:  Eleven on 04 August 2006 at Byrd Locks & Dam (WA); one on 11 August 2000 at Proctorville, Lawrence Co., OH (HS); seven on 20 August 1993 at Byrd Locks & Dam (WA, MG); one on 27 August 1972 at Kyger Creek Power Plant (photographed, HS).

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  NO RECORDS.

 Fall:  Accidental.  Five on 01 September 2005 at Byrd Locks & Dam (WA).  One on 30 September 1995 at Kyger Creek Power Plant (WA, KP).

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