ocr: AVOCETS AND STILTS N RELATION TO their bodies, avocets and stilts have the longest legs of all wading CURVED BEAK birds. A stilt has a straight beak, and it snaps Avocets are few food on the water's surface, or just at among the beneath it. An avocet has an birds whose beak upturned beak. This curves upward wader finds food either by snapping at it, or by slicing its beak from side BLACK-AND- to side through the water. WHITE PLUMAGE PIED AVOCET The apocet is skilled at WEBBED FEET finding itsfood by touch. It someti mes upends in vater to feel forj food on the bottom. KEY FACTS
