One morning visit last week, filled my quota for this World Bird Wednesday post, with a pair of wader birds first seen resting, out on the narrowing point.
...the Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris.
doesn't look to be any unopened oysters left here
but maybe? How clever, shucking an oyster with your beak
More reading on the Pied Oystercatcher can be found on this fact-sheet link on Birds in Backyards.
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18 comments:
Kolor oczu prawie taki sam jak dzioba :-). Miło było oglądać Twoje obserwacje ptaków. Pozdrawiam.
Eye color almost the same as the bill :-). It was nice to see your observations of birds. Yours.
what cuties with their stricking orange bills and beautiful white feathers!!
we have oyster catchers here but i have never been able to get close to them!!
totally cool looking birds! great shots, carole!
Great sighting of the oystercatchers. Your photos are wonderful! I wish you a very happy New Year!
Great shots of the oystercatchers!
How awesome are the photos of these interesting birds, and what a lucky person to be so close to this spot! I'm Jealous.....
Great photos. I photographed Pied Oystercatchers this week also and nearly used them for my post - maybe next week!
I am truly enjoying your bird pictures. We don't have oystercatcher birds in Ontario, Canada. But have seen some Black Oystercatcher,
(Haematopus bachman) during my visits in British Columbia. Very interesting birds!!
Happy New Year,
Gisela.
Those are great, Carole! I really like those long bills and the bright eyes. You did a wonderful job!
Those are just past coolness! wow!
Superb series! I like the three last photos most:)
Lovely birds Carole.
Just like the ones we have here.
Love the oystercatchers! We see them on the Pacific Coast here (we spend summers in Oregon).
They are incredible!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
That looks like a beautiful place! I love the red eyes of the Oystercatchers.
Beautiful birds to see.. and your images are fantasic.
All that and then the in-flight kicker. Excellent. What a preposterous bird!
Happy New Year!
Lovely post showing their behavior. I wonder what advantage that orange is like mallard ducks with their orange feet..thank you for stopping by...Michelle
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