Definitionn. black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill
Last update: June 26, 2015
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Professor Ansted includes the Oystercatcher in his list, but only marks it as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. [Please select]
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There is an Oystercatcher and also a few of the eggs in the Museum. [Please select]
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DELAWARE: Wood duck, upland plover, least tern, Wilson tern, roseate tern, black skimmer, oystercatcher, and numerous other littoral species. [Please select]
"--The Guernsey Bird Act includes these birds under the name 'Piesmarans,' which is the name given to the Oystercatcher by all the French-speaking fishermen and boatmen, and which I suppose must be looked upon only as the local name, though I have no doubt it is the common name also on the neighbouring coast of Normandy and Brittany." [Please select]
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The Oystercatcher is resident all the year, and breeds in all the Islands; I think, however, its numbers are considerably increased in the autumn by migratory arrivals; certainly the numbers actually breeding in the Islands are not sufficient to account for the immense flocks one sees about in October and November. [Please select]
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