Elusive American Oystercatchers on the Rocks

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Elusive American Oystercatchers on the Rocks

The bright-billed oystercatchers living in the Caribbean (Haematopus palliatus) generally stay out of sight, mostly sticking to isolated beaches and rocky offshore islands. Over several years I have not seen more than two oystercatchers together in the Virgin Islands, and I am thinking it is the same pair.

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