The Black Oystercatcher, also called, a black bird smoking a carrot. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )
Is this another bird that drops shells on rocks to open them or do they have a shucking knife? My preferred method is a shucking knife I never tried smashing them. Jerry
I guess our oyster catchers could be called pied birds smoking carrots then as they have the same orange bills as your black ones. Strangely enough neither species actually eats oysters though.
