As I have said, I don’t really take pictures of “little” birds. However, I have to admit these ones are pretty darned cool. There were about a half dozen of them hanging out in a pond on Sunday and I felt compelled to take pictures of them. I don’t want the problem was but these two clearly did not want to play nice with each other. One would get close, the other would chase it away. I had a hard time keeping up with the action but did manage this shot of the two of them going at it.
![An American Avocet chases off another in Firestone, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zmhkcdi025Q/Wuj4__m2y4I/AAAAAAAAlek/6ad3w7kN_W8fB1JAUPAbPo1uJB-XoTjtwCJoC/s710/2018-04-29%2B07-47-14%2B-%2B0176.jpg)