Australian Pied Oystercatcher

[Bear Dale]

Australian Pied Oystercatcher

Scientific name: Haematopus longirostris


Looking..........




And Bingo !

[Bent Hjarbo]

Nice catch 

[Bear Dale]

Nice catch 

Appreciated Bent

[Akira]

Bear, you captured the interesting intention of the bird!

[Bear Dale]

Bear, you captured the interesting intention of the bird!

Thank you Akira

[Hugh_3170]

Very nice capture, especially the one with the (sand) worm in its beak.  This bird looks very similar to the Oystercatchers that I used to see in southern New Zealand many years ago. 

[Bear Dale]

Very nice capture, especially the one with the (sand) worm in its beak.  This bird looks very similar to the Oystercatchers that I used to see in southern New Zealand many years ago.

I "think" they are different species Hugh.

[Netr]

Bear is right. I had the same thought as Hugh and checked on NZ oystercatchers. Although they look similar, the NZ and Aussie oystercatchers have different species names.

[Bear Dale]

Bear is right. I had the same thought as Hugh and checked on NZ oystercatchers. Although they look similar, the NZ and Aussie oystercatchers have different species names.

Thanks for the confirmation Netr.

[Hugh_3170]

Thank you both for your confirmation that NZ and Australian oystercatchers are different.

I well remember the chatter from the NZ ones, especially in the long summer evenings.