Labels:animal | avocet | bird | black necked stilt | dirt | earth | person | plant | plaything | pole | poster | rock | sky | stilt | tree | water OCR: THE DOWNY YOUNG Some birds are nearly self -sufficient when they hatch. These precocial Avocets are feeding themselves at the shore just a few hours after emerging from the shell. Most shorebirds must foed themselves from birth feed
