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USS Avocet (AM-19/AVP-4) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper initially acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Avocet was commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard, on 17 September 1918, as a minesweeper. [2]
The traditional terms "plover", "lapwing", and "dotterel" do not correspond exactly to current taxonomic models; thus, several of the Vanellinae are often called plovers, and one a dotterel, while a few of the "true" plovers (subfamily Charadriinae) are known colloquially as lapwings. In general, a lapwing can be thought of as a larger plover.
USS Lapwing (AM-1/AVP-1) was the lead ship of her class of minesweeper – the first minesweeper of the United States Navy.She was named after a bird, the lapwing, an abundant crested plover (Vanellus vanellus) of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, noted for its slow, irregular, flapping flight and its shrill wailing cry.
USS Sandpiper (AM-51) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper.Laid down on 15 November 1918 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and launched on 28 April 1919, USS Sandpiper (Minesweeper No.51) was commissioned on 9 October 1919, redesignated AM-51 on 17 February 1920, and reclassified as a Small Seaplane Tender, AVP-9 on 22 January 1936.
The American robin is the state bird of Connecticut.. This list of birds of Connecticut is a comprehensive account of all the bird species recorded from the U.S. state of Connecticut.
[2] [3] Key bird species include bean geese which over-winter at the site, the only location they regularly do so in England, lapwing and wigeon. [3] [1] [4] An established rookery borders the site with up to 80,000 rooks roosting at the site, the largest rookery in Britain. [5] The RSPB Strumpshaw Fen reserve borders Buckenham Marshes to the west.
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HMS Lapwing (1825) was a 6-gun Cherokee-class packet brig launched in 1825, used as a breakwater from 1845, and sold in 1861. HMS Lapwing (1856) was a Vigilant-class wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1856 and sold in 1864. HMS Lapwing (1867) was a Plover-class wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1867 and sold in 1885.