Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, Maui, Hawaii

Marie Read / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) adult feeding chick, Long Island, New York, USA. June.

Agustin Esmoris / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) parent with chick, Chubut, Argentina

Jan Wegener / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Florida

Mateusz Piesiak / Young American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) snatching food from adult on the shoreline. Long Island, New York, USA, July 2010. Winner, Young Wildlife Photographer, 2011 Wildlife Photographer o...

Thomas Lazar / American oystercatcher {Haematopus palliatus} feeding on Sea urchin, Florida, USA

Tim Fitzharris / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) wading, North America

Pete Oxford / American oystercatcher feeding on sea urchin {Haematopus palliatus} Hood Is,

Rolf Nussbaumer / American oystercatcher calling {Haematopus palliatus} FL, USA

Marie Read / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), closeup of individual feeding by using its chisel-shaped bill to pry open shellfish, Fort De Soto Park, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, March.

Agustin Esmoris / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) with city in background, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina

Agustin Esmoris / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Chubut, Argentina

Agustin Esmoris / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) chick hiding under parent, Chubut, Argentina

Agustin Esmoris / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) chick hiding under parent, Chubut, Argentina

Agustin Esmoris / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) parent with chick, Chubut, Argentina

Agustin Esmoris / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) calling, Chubut, Argentina

Claudio Contreras / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, June

Lynn M. Stone / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) foraging at waters edge, Indian Shores, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, USA

Lynn M. Stone / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) feeding on Calico Clam, shortly after dawn, seashore, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. April.

Jan Wegener/ BIA / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) feeding on sea urchin prey, Florida

Jan Wegener/ BIA / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) foraging, Florida

Jan Wegener/ BIA / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) feeding on bivalve prey, Florida

Tim Zurowski/ BIA / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), British Columbia, Canada

Doug Wechsler / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) nest with eggs on beach, Delaware Bay, New Jersey, USA, June

Ross Hoddinott / American oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), silhouetted at dawn, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.

Melvin Grey / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) adult feeding on shoreline. Fort De Soto Pk, Florida, USA. April.

Lynn M Stone / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) hunting for marine invertebrates along shore, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Lynn M Stone / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) probing in sand for invertebrates at low tide, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Lynn M Stone / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) with what is probably a sand eel, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Konrad Wothe / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) at nest with eggs, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Ernie Janes / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) feeding, Fort Myers Beach, Gulf Coast, Florida, USA, March.

Pete Oxford / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus galapagensis) on shore, Galapagos. Endemic.

Marie Read / American oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) courting pair performing 'Piping Display', calling as they walk along together, Fort DeSoto Park, Florida, USA, March

Marie Read / American oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) courting pair performing 'Piping Display', calling as they walk along together, Fort DeSoto Park, Florida, USA, March

LYNN M. STONE / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

LYNN M. STONE / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) foraging, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

LYNN M. STONE / American oystercatcher (haematopus palliatus) foraging with Mole Crab plucked from sand, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Ross Hoddinott / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. April.

Russell Laman / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) with chick and egg, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands.

Tui De Roy / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) preening, Puerto Egas, James Bay, Santiago Island, Ecuador

Jan Wegener / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Florida

Jan Wegener / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) feeding on clam, Florida

Jan Wegener / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Florida

Jan Wegener / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Florida

Claudio Contreras / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Espiritu Santo Island National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, April

Claudio Contreras / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) preening, Espiritu Santo Island National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, April

Claudio Contreras / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Espiritu Santo Island National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, April

Claudio Contreras / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Espiritu Santo Island National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, April

Claudio Contreras / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Espiritu Santo Island National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, April

Claudio Contreras / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Espiritu Santo Island National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, April

LYNN M. STONE / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) foraging on tidal mud flats with bivalve in beak. Pinellas County, Florida, USA, March.

LYNN M. STONE / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) foraging on tidal salt marsh. Pinellas County, Florida, USA Pinellas County, Florida, USA, March.

LYNN M. STONE / American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) on tidal mud in salt marsh. Pinellas County, Florida, USA, March.

LYNN M. STONE / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) on tidal mud in salt marsh. Pinellas County, Florida, USA, March.

John Abbott / American oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) two foraging on shoreline, James Bay, Santiago, Galapagos Islands

Steve Gettle / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Fort Desoto Park, Florida

Steve Gettle / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) sleeping, Fort Desoto Park, Florida

Steve Gettle / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) standing on one leg, Fort Desoto Florida

Rolf Nussbaumer / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) in immature plumage. Port Aransas, Mustang Island, Texas, USA.

Marie Read / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) running along a beach carrying a shellfish in its bill, Fort DeSoto park, Florida, USA, January.

LYNN M. STONE / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) probing sand for invertebrate prey. Dunedin, Florida, USA, November.

Thomas Lazar / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Fort Meyers tidal flats, Florida, USA

Tui De Roy / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) with juvenile, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) foraging on beach, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

LYNN M. STONE / American Oystercatcher (Haemotopus palliatus) foraging in salt grass on tidal flat, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

LYNN M. STONE / American oystercatchers (Haemotopus palliatus) foraging in salt grass on tidal flat, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Claudio Contreras / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) chick, Contoy Island National Park, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, May

Tim Laman / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) foraging along the mudflats of a mangrove island, Alafia Banks Bird Sanctuary, Sunken Island, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA.

Tim Laman / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tim Laman / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tim Laman / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) with open beak, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tim Laman / American oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) feeding on the shore, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tim Laman / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) standing in shallow water, Puerto Egas, Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tim Laman / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tim Laman / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) feeding on the shore, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands.

Tim Laman / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) feeding on the shore, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands.

Doug Wechsler / American Oystercatcher {Haematopus palliatus} on salt marsh, New Jersey, USA

Pete Oxford / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Cerro Brujo, San Cristóbal Is, GALAPAGOS

Pete Oxford / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Cerro Brujo, San Cristóbal Island. GALAPAGOS

Pete Oxford / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) on nest. Cerro Brujo, San Cristóbal Is, GALAPAGOS

Tom Vezo / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) pair performing courtship display, South Padre Island, Texas

Tom Vezo / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) pair performing courtship display while two other adults watch, South Padre Island, Texas

Tom Vezo / American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) pair performing courtship display, South Padre Island, Texas

Tom Vezo / American oystercatcher {Haematopus palliatus} in flight over coastal habitat, Long Island, NY, USA

Tom Vezo / American oystercatcher {Haematopus palliatus} walking on sandy beach, Long Island, NY, USA

Tom Vezo / Two American oystercatchers {Haematopus palliatus} in sand dunes, Long Island, NY, USA

Tom Vezo / American oystercatchers {Haematopus palliatus} in sand dunes, Long Island, NY, USA

Thomas Lazar / American oystercatcher {Haematopus palliatus} washing food from Conch shell, USA

George McCarthy / American Oystercatcher {Haematopus palliatus} Florida, USA

Pete Oxford / Rear view of American Oystercatcher {Haematopus palliatus} walking along beach, Galapagos Islands.

Pete Oxford / American oystercatcher feeding on crab {Haematopus palliatus} Hood Is, Galapagos.

Thomas Lazar / American oystercatcher feeds on Sea urchin {Haematopus palliatus} Fl, USA

Pete Oxford / American oystercatcher {Haematopus palliatus} Hood Is, Galapagos.

Pete Oxford / American oystercatcher feeding on sea urchin {Haematopus palliatus} Galapagos

Pete Oxford / American oystercatcher feeding on sea urchin {Haematopus palliatus} Galapagos