Verily, when you glimpse at the American oystercatcher you can hear and smell the sounds of seafaring! This striking coastal bird has a penchant for shellfish - clams, oysters, whatever, just make it a bivalve mollusk. Oystercatchers use their long, bright orange beak to crack open shells. This is not easy and it is not innate. In fact, it requires so much skill to crack open shellfish that oystercatchers will linger longer than most birds with their young in order to teach them the family trade.
Spotted this oystercatcher on Friday at Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area, Cape May, New Jersey.
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