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American Oystercatcher
Extirpated from New Jersey by the beginning of the 20th century, these oystercatchers recolonized starting in the 1940's and are now locally fairly common again. In winter they sometimes form large flocks. Their distinctive bright red bills are used like a knife to shuck bivalves, but they also swallow whole limpets and regurgitate the shells in the form of pellets. Sometimes lumped with Black Oystercatcher and Eurasian Oystercatcher, this is presumably the widespread nominate race.
Location
Cape May Harbor, Cape May, New Jersey, USA.
Date taken
20 October 2022.
Scientific name
Haematopus palliatus
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A lovely clear image that one Joe, with great eye contact too.

Well done lad.
 

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Category
North America
Added by
jmorlan
Date added
View count
412
Comment count
4

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Device
Canon Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
247.0 mm
Exposure time
1/640 second(s)
ISO
100
Filename
AmericanOystercatcherIMG_1924.jpg
File size
240.7 KB
Date taken
Thu, 20 October 2022 10:29 AM
Dimensions
1024px x 759px

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