Haematopus bachmani
            
                (L 17.5" WS 32" WT1.4 lb)
          
         
            
               Found along the west coast from
               the Aleutian Islands to Baja
               California...rarely eats oysters.
          
         
            
               North Point
            
               Morro Bay
            
               10Oct2012
          
         
            
               Point Lobos
               State Reserve
            
               Carmel
            
               16Oct2012
          
         
            
               A bad day of birding is always better
               than a good day at the office. And
               there are no bad days of birding.
            
                   (Christopher N. Hull)
          
         
            
               Haematopus is Latin for
               blood foot.
          
         
            
               © BirdNote,
            
               Chris
               Peterson
          
         
         
         
            
               © Gerrit Vyn
            
               Macaulay
               Library