wildcritters Nature Photography

CRITTER PHOTO #1279 

Birds, Shore

Oyster Catcher (feeding)

     
         
         

American Oyster Catcher

[Haemmatopus palliatus]

8/23/2020

Block Island RI

This bird will insert its bill into a slightly open shell to sever the muscles that keep it closed or use its bill like a hammer to crack the shell open.

Photo# 1279

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