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We saw a courtship display we have never seen before. We came upon two lone avocets, a pond away from the others, near the shore. The female was resting her head and neck in the water with her bill just above the water but not moving. The male kept walking from one side of her to the other. When he got near her head he would rapidly swish his bill in the water, splashing water on her. We were afraid maybe she was not feeling well, but her rear was raised way up and we guessed it was a courtship behavior. This went on for about five minutes with the male dancing about her, splashing her, until he mounted her, standing on her back. They copulated and then did a rapid cross bill tapping behavior about four times and then a parallel short walk through the water before they parted company. Shortly they came back together and started preening. Description by Rosie and video by Chris.
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