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American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

Photo by ceherzog
Published on Project Noah
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27.0999, -82.4544

Field Notes

Description:

Their laterally flattened bills can reach inside mollusks & pry them open.

Habitat:

On the shell shore of a mangrove rookery: Roberts Bay: Sarasota

Notes:

You can see an egg in the first picture...they nest on the shore.

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PublishedJune 19, 2013

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