Being unaware of the bird-name "oystercatcher", I for a moment expected this to be about a human gathering oysters and getting caught by a.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) III.    From Wordnik.com.  [Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic] Reference

If I'm not mistaken it is an American oystercatcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference

Hang on folks, we're just getting started. oystercatcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Within the next few days the eggs in this oystercatcher nest will hatch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Virtual mobbing of hatching oystercatchers] Reference

The Canary Island oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi) was formerly present but is now considered extinct.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests] Reference

Finally, one of my most favourite birds is the extraordinary, charismatic, beautifully interesting oystercatcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

Recovery objectives have been met: Archaeological resources, Bald eagle, Black oystercatcher, Common murre, Pink salmon, River otter, Sockeye salmon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exxon Valdez oil spill] Reference

It supports one of the last remaining salt marshes without mosquito ditches in Rhode Island and is a nesting area for coastal shorebirds including the locally rare American oystercatcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island] Reference

The report identified common bird species such as the American oystercatcher, common nighthawk, and northern pintail that are likely to become species of conservation concern as a result of climate change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secretary Salazar Releases New ���State of the Birds��� Report Showing Climate Change Threatens Hundreds of Species] Reference

This is her month now, and the time of her traditional birds, the oystercatcher and skylark, to be making themselves more noticeable to mark the beginning of spring and the start of the traditional agricultural year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference

Forster's tern, oystercatcher, egret and snowy egret.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation] Reference

Gaelic for oystercatcher, of which there are dozens on the shore outside.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

He carves them - the dowitcher, the American oystercatcher, the black-bellied plover.    From Wordnik.com.  [ Record Article Feed] Reference

In Dalston, an oystercatcher has made its home at the Portakabin depot on Barras Lane.    From Wordnik.com.  [News round-up] Reference

Other species endangered by the oil spill are American oystercatcher and Wilson's plover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

An oystercatcher is a wading bird of the family Haematopodidae, distributed in one genus.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

In this case, an adult Haematopus palliatus (American oystercatcher) got its beak stuck in a.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

One oiled oystercatcher - dubbed steaksauce'' for his A-1 radiotag identification - was missing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference

One might expect oystercatcher genes to be selected to make oystercatchers automatically good at this dangerous act.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

One highlight was an American oystercatcher at Fowlers Beach, which has been a nesting area for oystercatchers the last few years.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The Auk (a classic bird journal) in which a brief account is provided of an oystercatcher having got it's beak stuck in the clam, as it were.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

Within 20 minutes of leaving Grand Isle, Schulte's team spotted an oystercatcher pair on a rock jetty the team had radio-tagged the night before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference

The very first error a baby oystercatcher makes may be its last earthly act before going off to oystercatcher heaven (and there is no oystercatcher heaven).    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

More Port Aransas birds: Reddish egret, American oystercatcher, red-winged blackbird, seaside sparrow and Caspian, royal, sandwich, least and Forester's terns.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The long-retained small beak, caused by the timing of hormonal development, facilitates learning in the particular way that conforms to the overall oystercatcher adaptation.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

Other species endangered by the oil spill are American oystercatcher and Wilson's plover. environmental catastrophe in all of human history, threatening the entire eastern half of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The Thames estuary complex is the most important site in the UK for ringed plover, and Morecambe Bay is the most important UK site for curlew, oystercatcher and lesser black-backed gull.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference

Standing on small observation platform, Lois Beaufait peered through Finter's scope at the oystercatcher, standing with its head tucked back a good distance away as waves crashed nearby.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

“That’s an oystercatcher,” Rammy said, looking back at de Gier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tumbleweed]

Beach-nesting species, include the American oystercatcher, Wilson’s plover, and snowy plover, may be especially at risk from contaminated habitat and prey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Regan Nelson: VIDEO: The Birds of Breton Island] Reference

It is an oystercatcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Oystercatcher on Courtney Campbell Causeway] Reference

Gulf oil spill impact on the oystercatcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference

The bird is an adult American oystercatcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

Wood duck, upland plover, least tern, Wilson tern, roseate tern, black skimmer, oystercatcher, and numerous other littoral species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation] Reference

Great auk, Labrador duck, Eskimo curlew, oystercatcher, wild turkey, heath hen, passenger pigeon; puma, gray wolf, wolverine, caribou.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation] Reference