A mussel covered with barnacles provides a tasty treat for this black oyster-catcher; Haematopus bachmani.

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Oyster-catcher in flight.

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Three oyster-catchers fly by Zuma Beach.

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Two oyster catchers atop Cathedral Rock, Anacapa Island.

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