oystercatchers in English

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a coastal wading bird with black-and-white or all-black plumage and a strong orange-red bill, feeding chiefly on shellfish.
Currently, visitors to the flats are likely to see sandpipers, avocets, oystercatchers , godwits, dowitchers, plovers and other shorebirds on their way south.
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1. The constant piping of the oystercatchers is all out of proportion to their numbers.

2. 10 Some of those species on the upland and salt marsh areas are Canada Geese, Yellow, Common Yellowthroat and Redstart warblers, Osprey , Oystercatchers, Willets, and Tree Sparrow.

3. The island is home to a wide array of flora and fauna, including over 50 species of wildflowers, bald eagles, harbor seals, black oystercatchers, and harlequin ducks.

4. ‘Shorebirds, for those of you who want to know but are afraid to ask, comprise many families of birds, including oystercatchers, stilts, Avocets, plovers, turnstones, sandpipers and phalaropes.’

5. Despite impressions of class and elegance, Avocets display a feistier side during the nesting season, with adults shrieking and dive-bombing passing crows or harriers, or mobbing fellow wading oystercatchers and redshanks.