I was going to share this on my A-Z Challenge for O, but it works well here and it is the 15th of the month. What is the significance for the 15th of the month? It is Clare’s Share Your Desktop Challenge. This is my desktop for this month. See the link below for the desktop challenge and join in. I turned it into a square for this challenge.
The American Oystercatcher is a strange looking bird to me but is one of the most recognized. With its bright orange beak and red and yellow eyes, they stand out on our beaches as they scour the sand for shellfish (clams, oysters and other saltwater molluscs) which is their exclusive diet.
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Today is Clare’s Share Your Desktop Photo Challenge. She has now inspired me to change my desktop photo monthly. Before last month, I hadn’t changed it since September, 2019. This photo challenge happens on the 15th of each month. Check it out for yourself.
20 responses to “SQUARES – Bright Beak”
Wow, it’s red, match with the eyes!
What a beauty! Love its red beak & eyes – so striking!
I think so too! Odd looking bird, but beautiful, nonetheless. 🙂
bright red beak!
Sure is, isn’t it? One of my favorite photos of all time that I’ve captured. 🙂
Oh, Lisa, what a lovely Oystercatcher. We have some here that look so similar they could be siblings 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing and joining in on the fun.
Do you have the Black Oystercatchers there? All Oystercatchers are related because they are all from the same family called Haematopodidae. 🙂
Well, almost. Ours are called ‘Sooty’ and ‘Pied’ but they still look similar enough 🙂
Oh, so you have the best of two more! That is awesome! I’d have to get to where you are to see those. 🙂
Yeah, but good things come to those who wait, and you might have to wait some time to get here.
You certainly got that right! 🙂
superb capture of it, and love how there are so many birds for Share your Desktop this month. Great minds thinking alike
Thanks! It really is one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. Great minds do think alike or we are just crazy bird people. Ha! 🙂
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Bright indeed!
I think I would learn to recognize this bird!
Yes it is unique. The Black Oystercatcher along the Pacific coast from the Baja Peninsula to the islands off of Alaska. Just in case you ever get that way. They have a black body to ours with the white and black. 🙂 TMI?
no, I enjoy learning these tidbits about different birds 🙂
Great photo!
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