Thursday, 8 January 2015

Oyster catchers on the beach



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  1. I expected them to be bigger with longer beaks

    Di. xx AKA Trubes.

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    1. Hi Trubes, the oyster catcher slightly bigger than a gull but slimmer, with quite a long red beak. The photo doesn't do them justice.
      Diana

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  2. We see these birds in both on the Gulf Coast in Florida and here on the Pacific Coast too. And now I see they hang out on the other side of the world too, not just on both sides of the USA! That's fun to know. (And I guess your ocean is the same one as mine here in Oregon!).

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