Haematopus bachmani

Oysters can’t run, so why are these birds named “oystercatchers”? Here they’re at work demonstrating their technique for opening mussels.

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

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

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

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