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  1. Black Oystercatchers

    Black Oystercatchers

    Black Oystercatchers flying in front of our boat.
  2. Silver gull

    Silver gull

    Skulking, the thief awaits a chance meeting with the unsuspecting oystercatcher...
  3. Atlantic Oystercatcher standing proud on the sun bathed sand

    Atlantic Oystercatcher standing proud on the sun bathed sand

    Female. Found in beach/shore habitat. Was seen eating mussles as well as clams and other shellfish/mollusks. Was in a pair with a male listed in the next gallery photo.
  4. Oystercatcher by the sea.

    Oystercatcher by the sea.

    Oystercatcher on the rocks.
  5. Eurasian Oystercatchers Piping Display

    Eurasian Oystercatchers Piping Display

    In April 2022 I have often seen groups of Eurasian Oystercatchers on the North Frisian Island Amrum with a behavior as if they were "arguing". After some research, it seems like this is called piping display or piping ceremony. I have also read on German sites that this behavior is some communal...
  6. Britain&Europe&Down Under

    Britain&Europe&Down Under

    Oystercatcher
  7. Oystercatchers with Crab

    Oystercatchers with Crab

  8. Birdies,but no eagle or albatross!

    Birdies,but no eagle or albatross!

    Oystercatcher
  9. Oystercatcher in Flight

    Oystercatcher in Flight

    Complaining and trying to ward me off a nearby field where the pair of them probably had a nest (I was walking along a main road).
  10. American Oystercatcher

    American Oystercatcher

    Banded American Oystercatcher at local beach. Protected habitat.
  11. Oystercatcher

    Oystercatcher

    Not sharp but i like what happened to the background
  12. Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

    Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

    Close-up of Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) in the pasture during low tide in the lagoon.
  13. jurek

    Breeding birds in Europe which follow national borders

    I recently looked that the maps of the splendid EBBA2 atlas, and distribution of many birds exactly follows national borders. Not necessary borders which follow some geographical barrier. Eagle Owl: present everywhere, practically 100% in Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, but stops at borders of...
  14. Oystercatcher

    Oystercatcher

  15. Oystercatcher

    Oystercatcher

    Oystercatcher
  16. Oystercatcher

    Oystercatcher

  17. Oystercatcher

    Oystercatcher

  18. Oystercatcher

    Oystercatcher

  19. The noisy nine...Oystercatcher

    The noisy nine...Oystercatcher

  20. Oystercatcher

    Oystercatcher

  21. 26-2-22 Oystercatcher (1 of 1).jpg

    26-2-22 Oystercatcher (1 of 1).jpg

    Oystercatcher (on 1 leg)
  22. Pied Oystercatcher / Australian Oystercatcher

    Pied Oystercatcher / Australian Oystercatcher

    I filmed this Australian Oystercatcher in the early morning at the north east coast of Heron Island while he was continuously calling.
  23. Oystercatcher on the roof

    Oystercatcher on the roof

  24. Oystercatchers on the roof

    Oystercatchers on the roof

  25. Oystercatcher

    Oystercatcher

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