Birds on the shore

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Black Oystercatcher

Feeding in mussel beds off Point Lobos, CA. It took me 30 years of effort trying to get this photograph on every visit to Point Lobos until finally I had a big enough lens and a tame enough oystercatcher and a lot of time in perfect light.

Alive Animals Birds Black Oystercatcher California North America Places Point Lobos Shorebirds Shorebirds Gulls Terns Auks United States Point Lobos CA