Black Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher: Large stocky brown-black shorebird with long,bright orange bill and glaring yellow eyes with contrasting orange eye ring. The legs and feet are pink. Feeds primarily on limpets and other shellfish, also eats mussels and marine worms. Rapid direct flight with shallow wing beats.
● Song:
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● Foraging & Feeding:
Black Oystercatcher: Moves slowly and methodically among wave-splashed rocks along the ocean, stabbing limpets and mussels open or prying them off rocks. May eat other shellfish including whelks, urchins, and crabs.
● Breeding & nesting:
Black Oystercatcher: Nests among rocks or grasses above high tide mark on inaccessible cliffs or islands. Nest is a simple scrape on the ground. Lays one to four buff to olive eggs marked brown and black. Both sexes incubate for 24 to 29 days. Chicks remain near the nest for several weeks, then gradually venture closer to waves and food sources.
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