OVERVIEW REFERENCES

• Godfrey, W. Earl. 1986.  The birds of Canada, revised edition.  National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. 595pp.
   

• Paulson, Dennis. 1998. Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle, 406pp.
   

• Robinson, J. A., L. W. Oring, J. P. Skorupa, and R. Boettcher. 1997. American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana). In The Birds of North America, No. 275 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). Acad. of Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C.
   

FIELD GUIDES

• Campbell, R.W., N.K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan, J.M. Cooper, G.W. Kaiser, and M.C.E. McNall. 1990.  The birds of British Columbia - volume 2: nonpasserines - diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers.  Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria and Canadian Wildlife Service, Delta. 636 pp.
   

• Cannings, R.A., R.J. Cannings and S.G. Cannings.  1987. Birds of the Okanagan Valley.  Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria. 420pp.
   

NOVA SCOTIA

• Tufts, Robie W.  1986.  Birds of Nova Scotia, Third Edition.  Nimbus Publishing and The Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, N.S.
   

OREGON

• Sanzenbacher, Peter M., and Susan M. Haig.  2003.  American Avocet.  Pp. 212-214 in Birds of Oregon: A General Reference.  David B. Marshall, Matthew G. Hunter, and Alan L. Contreras, Eds.  Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.
   

WASHINGTON

• Smith, M. R., P. W. Mattocks, Jr., and K. M. Cassidy. 1997. Breeding Birds of Washington State. Volume 4 in Washington State Gap Analysis – Final Report (K. M. Cassidy, C. E. Grue, M. R. Smith, and K. M. Dvornich, eds.). Seattle Audubon Society Publications in Zoology No. 1, Seattle, 538pp.