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@mixiewing I doubt those birds were going to catch any, given where they are - although two weeks ago we were given a bag of 50 fresh mussels, picked from these rocks.
Beautiful capture. We used to have oyster catchers on the Texas coast, I wonder if they are the same species. Thanks for sharing a little bit of your coastline.
@omabluebird This is the African Black Oystercatcher, that is only found on the coast of South Africa and Namibia. There are twelve different species of Oystercatchers world-wide, so the Texas ones are just cousins!
Interesting, thank you very much. Who knew there were so many different oyster catchers. You sound like you know your birds!