Haematopus bachmani

* Birds Black Oystercatcher

Why do they dip?

October 3, 2019October 1, 2019 Marty Nicolaus 0 Comments Haematopus bachmani

This Black Oystercatcher showed the same body dipping habit that the Spotted Sandpiper is famous for. The Willet does the

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* Birds Black Oystercatcher Not BUOW Willet

Mussels and Clams

January 3, 2019January 20, 2019 Mosey2014 Haematopus bachmani

What does an Oystercatcher do in the absence of oysters? Why, mussels and clams will do just fine, thank you.

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* Birds Black Oystercatcher

Sound of the Oystercatcher

October 12, 2018October 9, 2018 Mosey2014 Haematopus bachmani

This time I heard them before I saw them. It was low tide in the morning. I stepped slowly toward

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* Birds Black Oystercatcher Snowy Egret Willet

Summer Steadies

July 9, 2018July 31, 2018 Mosey2014 Egretta thula, Haematopus bachmani, Tringa semipalmata

The Red-winged Blackbirds, their breeding done, departed about a week after Summer Solstice. They usually leave earlier, but then they

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* Birds Black Oystercatcher

Oystercatchers and Poppies: a Flashback

June 12, 2018June 10, 2018 Mosey2014 Haematopus bachmani

My intent was to photograph the California Poppies. But when I got closer I saw a pair of Black Oystercatchers

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* Birds Black Oystercatcher

Black Oystercatcher Getting Breakfast

March 5, 2018January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 Haematopus bachmani

I’d wondered what Black Oystercatchers actually eat. They’re stuck with a weird name. You don’t “catch” oysters, they can’t run.

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* American Avocet American Coot American Crow American White Pelican American Wigeon Belted Kingfisher Birds Black Oystercatcher Black Phoebe Black Turnstone Black-bellied Plover Black-crowned Night Heron Black-necked Stilt Brown Pelican Bufflehead Burrowing Owl Canada Goose Clark's Grebe Common Goldeneye Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Eurasian Wigeon Forster's Tern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Greater Scaup Greater Yellowlegs Horned Grebe Least Sandpiper Long-billed Curlew Mallard Marbled Godwit Mew Gull Northern Pintail Red-throated Loon Ring-billed Gull Ruddy Duck Snowy Egret Spotted Sandpiper Surf Scoter Turkey Vulture Western Grebe Western Gull Whimbrel White-tailed Kite Willet

North Basin: The Video

February 12, 2018May 1, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Actitis macularius, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas acuta, Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Arenaria melanocephala, Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Calidris minutilla, Cathartes aura, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Egretta thula, Elanus leucurus, Fulica americana, Gavia immer, Gavia stellata, Haematopus bachmani, Himantopus mexicanus, Larus canus, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Mareca americana, Mareca penelope, Megaceryle alcyon, Melanitta perspicillata, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Oxyura jamaicensis, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Pluvialis squatarola, Podiceps auritus, Podiceps nigricollis, Recurvirostra americana, Sayornis nigricans, Sterna forsteri, Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa semipalmata

The North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland. When I first started

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* Birds Black Oystercatcher Least Sandpiper

Not a Mudpecker

December 29, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Calidris minutilla, Haematopus bachmani

This Black Oystercatcher posed on a rock and ignored the Least Sandpipers busily pecking into the mud beneath it. But

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* American Coot Black Oystercatcher Brown Pelican Bufflehead Great Blue Heron Mallard Western Gull White-Crowned Sparrow Willet

The Usual Feathered Suspects

November 12, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea herodias, Bucephala albeola, Fulica americana, Haematopus bachmani, Larus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis, Tringa semipalmata, Zonotrichia leucophrys

The big news in the park this past week was the rain. Soon those brown hills will be green. In

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* Birds Black Oystercatcher Black Turnstone Least Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper

South End Birds

November 1, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Actitis macularius, Arenaria melanocephala, Calidris minutilla, Haematopus bachmani

The waterbird action late Tuesday afternoon lay on the south side of the North Basin, along the Virginia Street extension.

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