black oystercatchers

Things are picking up finally, shorebirds are coming back and getting better shots of them than last year is one of my goals this year.

Oystercatchers are one of my favourite birds so i thought i'd share a few shots from last weekend.
very cool-looking bird, the yellow eye and red eye ring are so wild; they look like they are hand-drawn on!
nature never fails to amaze me