Like most osystercatchers this is a bird I associate with sea-shores and waves, and salt air. We have two species of oystercatcher in Australia - The Pied and the Sooty. The sooty - Haematopus fuliginosus - is a lover of all things rocky and sharp. Its habitat is normally rocky shores and wave cut platforms. While I have seen them on sandy shores, it is always something to comment upon.
The two pictures here of this bird walking on sand are a but deceptive, as these were just small areas of beach on an otherwise rocky shore.
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they're just COOL birds! sharp looking things!
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful and your photographs are awesome!
ReplyDeleteWell yours is brief and mine is long...5 year anniversary for me this week. Oyster Catchers are always quite neat to see and their leg colouring is really cool, and hey anything that hangs out with Sea Horses, that is pretty cool!
ReplyDeleteFor a minute there, I thought this was some kind of synchronized feeding. :-)
ReplyDeleteSharp looking birds indeed and great captures for the day as always, Stewart! Hope your week is off to a great start!!
ReplyDeleteI love the way their bright orange beaks stand out due to their black plumage. Beautiful birds!
ReplyDeletehi Stewart. I cannot link my post in as my laptop is away for a few days. Can you PLEASE LINK ME IN to your meme. love the shots of these oystercatchers. thanks for hosting.
ReplyDeleteI love them strolling along the beach!
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ReplyDeleteIts nice to see the black one .wee dont have them here nette
ReplyDeleteI love the Sooty Oystercatcher. Wish we had them here for comparison.
ReplyDeleteThanks for lining me in. it is not easy looking at the posts on a mini ipad but. I am getting there.
ReplyDeleteHow fashionable ... matching eyes and beak with an accent of pinkish feet. If God isn't a woman, then there is something amiss ... don't you think? Well, these are the coolest birds ever. I have never seen an oystercatcher, let alone a Sooty one ... I am not even sure if we have them in the US, but surely not in the midwest. I love your Australian birds, Stewart. They all seem to be exceptional. I guess I'll cut this short so you can get back to being busy with life ... which is an awesome way to be:)
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They really are striking birds with that jet black and bright orange. From Findlay
ReplyDeleteNice captures Stewart- the beach looks lovely too!
ReplyDeleteThose first two look very business -like. It's as if they're rushing up the beach to see of some intruder on their patch.
ReplyDeleteSo much like the Eurasian Oyk but for the All Blacks.
Sorry, Forgot to say. I've been having a run of early morning Barn Owls as it's the height of the breeding season for them. Plus we have three or four hours of daylight before most folk are up and about.
ReplyDeleteShort and sweet. Love those red bills.
ReplyDeleteI love those Sooties!As you say they are seldom seen on sand but I have seen them occasionally at Inskip Point.
ReplyDeleteI love these...we only have the black & white here. Enjoy your busy time...hope it's all fun time!!!
ReplyDeleteAwsome captures of these smart looking birds, with their red eyes and beaks. Especially love the last photo!
ReplyDeleteLove the Oystercatchers, Stewart. Their colors are the only difference compared to our American Oystercatcher. Wonderful shots, thanks for sharing and hosting WBW. Enjoy your week!
ReplyDeleteSuper views of the 'carrot bills' stalking the beach.
ReplyDeleteThey are striking birds, with those red eyes and bill.
ReplyDeleteLove the deep black plumage with the colorful eyes and bill!
ReplyDeletecool looking birds
ReplyDeletedon't have any of these guys in Florida
they look so industrious; busy with their day and getting on with life. Neat photos of the oysercatchers Stewart.
ReplyDeleteVery sharp birds, great photos Stewart. I like how you have a photo with just one, and one with two, and another with three of them. That strikes my fancy for some reason.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that first shot!
ReplyDeleteI do love these birds and took a bunch of pictures of them on the boat trip I posted today, but they blended in so well with the black rocky shore that all I could see was a red bill (pretty much). Yours are all great ... all three. I think they are the same kind exactly (we have them in Oregon too) ... at least they look exactly like yours ... we have always just called them 'oystercatchers' didn't know there were more than the one kin.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful with their orange beaks.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos... I like those orange eyes!
ReplyDeleteI like how their beaks and eyes match. Nice shots. Thanks for hosting, Stewart.
ReplyDeleteLove his coloring! Beautiful water birds!
ReplyDeleteI do like the orange beak and eye. A Halloween bird. MB
ReplyDeleteI love these guys. They are kind of whimsical and cool looking. Nice photos...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful waterbirds!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colored beak.
The first picture is my favorite.
Brilliant photos Stewart! I saw my first Sooty Oystercatchers for the year at Burleigh Heads the other week, and my photos are left in the shade by these! :)
ReplyDeleteLove these photos. I haven't ever seen the Sooty Oystercatchers, only the Pied Oystercatchers - their colours are so vibrant. Great images thankyou
ReplyDeleteNice pictures, it looks like Summer to me seing those!
ReplyDeleteGreetings Pia
Great shots of the Oystercatchers. Saw one in Alaska this past week. Am working from iPhone and like you have been very busy with travel, family and friends. Also unexpectedly asked to host visiting students from Spain for the next two weeks! Hope to be able to post a blog without a PC.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking birds, don't get them here, so a treat to see.
ReplyDeleteOh, Stewart these birds are so cute with those long orange bills and hunched appearance!...:)JP
ReplyDeleteThese are really neat looking birds. I love the red eyes and feet, it stands out so well against the black. Loving the sand/water as well.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful ! Great shots !
ReplyDeleteSuperb photographs, Stewart! Quite different in appearance than our American Oystercatcher, but no doubt they are related!
ReplyDeleteTotally understand about life and such getting in the way of more important things, such as birding!
Have a great weekend!
I love the first photo. Those two look like they have somewhere important to go.
ReplyDeleteFantastic pictures.. .. Congratulations and greetings.
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