Taken during a short stop-over in Monterey, CA… this Black Oystercatcher certainly looked like it had plenty of choices and didn’t have to do much “catching”…
Spoiled for Choice
Taken during a short stop-over in Monterey, CA… this Black Oystercatcher certainly looked like it had plenty of choices and didn’t have to do much “catching”…
Laura Kushner
August 29, 2022 at 6:16amSpoiled yes. It turns out they eat a lot more of those mussels than oysters. In case you were wondering, according to the Cornell Lab “The oldest recorded Black Oystercatcher was at least 6 years, 2 months old when it was recaptured and re-released during banding operations in British Columbia.”