Red-rimmed yellow eye. Red bill is flat and heavy-duty, straight and long. White under-parts and legs. A white wing stripe and white rump are visible in flight. Usually found in small groups.
Oystercatchers are noisy during flight.
Plumage on back has scaled appearance. Spoil islands in estuaries and Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Shell bars, coastal beaches and salt marshes. A Florida Resident, the Oystercatcher raises its young during March through July. Text by Mary Jean Rogers, West Volusia Audubon.