This gallery contains 3 photos. Since our first encounter with them, Black Oystercatchers have been quite approachable shorebirds, but I didn’t expect them to actually fly into our vicinity. Photographed on February 27.
This pair had squabbled with their small flock of five, and decided to fly by and forage within 10 feet of my camera instead. This was the second of two pairs of Oystercatchers that we saw today; we got close to the first pair, and this second pair got close to us.
An industrious Black Oystercatcher works away at its prize (that is one deft bill). They may be called Oystercatchers, but we saw only clams and mussels being deftly pried apart for their tasty flesh by these expert shuckers. Photographed on the south side of the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway.
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Oh, those eyes! And the bright-red beak!
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they certainly stand out, don’t they? 🙂
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Ahhh yes, I know these ones! But they’re not nearly as creepy as the ducks! I don’t find these ones particularly handsome either to be honest, I’m quite picky eheh they do have a great bill tho!
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not every bird can be unanimously beautiful, otherwise no one would stand out. 🙂
I know some who really like turkey vultures. for most though, they would instill disgust if not loathing.
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You’re right, it’s not so much about the aesthetics but rather the way they have adapted. This is more interesting in general, and beauty sure has nothing to do with this! 🙂 I love vultures but mmm not the turkey ones, the griffon ones!
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haha … the King Vulture might be more to your liking, too! 🙂
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omg yes, I’ve seen those before, they beat everything! Incredible “make up”, it really seems purely decorative… 🙂
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I was fortunate enough to see one at the Toronto Zoo several years ago. definitely a regal looking creature!
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This said, very nice photos of them!
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thank you, Yalakom! they came to us to have their photos taken — not the other way around! 🙂
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Oh that’s fantastic, so they are rather confident around humans? I know very little about these seabirds but keep on seeing photos on Twitter!
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exceedingly … they expect to be fed, and no human visitor is a stranger to them! 🙂
at Lightning Lakes (a few km outside of Manning Park), they would be sitting with other humans in hopes of being thrown food (like pets)!!
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That’s cool, always interesting to see confident wildlife. I’m trying to tame some crows at the moment, but I’m just at the start of my experiment eheh
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oh, our crows don’t need taming!! 🙂 but, they don’t come to our floating feeders, either. 🙂
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They’re pretty tame here as well, but I’m hoping to bond a little 🙂
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they’re intelligent creatures. they know the benefits of a good relationship when they see one! 🙂
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