Black Oystercatcher on Nest
Kenai Fjords National Park, AK USA
Black Oystercatcher on nest. Right above the high-tide mark, this female Black Oystercatcher sits on a shallow depression in the rocky beach holding her 3 eggs. That night a large storm came through and set a new high watermark. I assumed her nest and eggs were lost, but the checking on her the next morning there she and her eggs were. Photo © copyright by Joe Luedtke.
« Birds « Shorebirds