Late in the day I went out on Ediz Hook (map). The wind was blowing like crazy. A visitor from Montana with a gigantic lens on his camera was stalking what turned out to be a couple of black oystercatchers. There was a largish mystery shorebird, a dunlin I think, in his quiet winter colors. Kayaker. Little sail boat. Polar Adventure out in the middle of the harbor. The ferry returned from Victoria. The tide was low. On the Strait side, a zone of mud-stirred-up water close along the rocks.
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Black oystercatchers are such beautiful birds. Only saw them a few times at the beach below Chetzemoka Park in Port Townsend.
I like them because they're so easy to identify. :-) You're big, you have a red beak, pink feet, and that absolutely doofus eye-- who else could you be???
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