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| City: | Valdez |
| Country: | United States  |
| Latitude: | 61° 7' 51'' N |
| Longitude: | 146° 20' 53'' W |
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Valdez, United States
Black Oystercatcher, Alaska, shorebirds, Valdez
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# posted by johan slee on November 3rd, 2009 8:28 am
beautiful red eye beak and wood?
beautiful 5!!
beautiful 5!!
# posted by galaxy on December 6th, 2008 12:31 pm
beautiful great ♠ 5
# posted by Dieuwertje on November 3rd, 2008 5:06 pm
just great
# posted by Skotty (Rune Skotnes) on June 22nd, 2008 1:42 pm
Beautiful! 5
great compo and colours, in the Netherlands we know the black and white oystercatcher 5+ great the red at the bottom!
# posted by Maciej Tamkun ♪ on May 27th, 2008 7:34 am
Beautiful
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# posted by M. Joseph Leahy on May 27th, 2008 3:58 am
This is a male Black Oystercatcher [Haematopodidae bachmani], one of a mating pair photographed in Port Valdez, Alaska. These large, dumpy, short-legged shorebirds have long red bills that are flattened laterally. The chisel-like bill is used to pry shellfish off rocks and to open the two shells of a mollusk. They nest in beach gravel often near grass line. This male was photographed atop a shipping container while its partner sat nearby on gravel.