An American avocet in its breeding plumage, it is the only avocet in the world with an annual color change. A hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman at Klamath Marsh in 1905.
Bird standing on end of vertical dead branch in Lake County, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon.
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Hand painted glass slide of a White Pelican breeding colony at Malheur lake taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1908 photography trip to the area that would later help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.
An American White Pelican breeding colony at Malheur lake. Taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1908 photography trip to the area that would later help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.
A hand painted glass slide of an American White Pelican with its young at Malheur lake in 1908, photographed by Finley and Bohlman. Finley and Bohlman photographs would help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.