African Black Oystercatcher

Hi Alan The regular Bluewater Bay and Amsterdam Hoek beach walkers are all atwitter about a strange and wonderful bird feeding on the mussel beds at the mouth of the Swartkops river at low tide. As we all know, the usual African Black Oystercatcher sports jet black plumage, long red beak, long thin red legs but our "weird" Oystercatcher has the same characteristics except its plumage is a kind of grey mottled colour. This strange sight stopped many a beach walker right in their … [Read more...] about Leucistic Oystercatcher sighted at Amsterdamhoek?