With red feet, red eyes and long red bills medium sized waders of the ocean shore
In pairs or small family parties often three or four
As sooty oystercatchers they are known by name
To look different from other waders their one claim to fame
Their sooty name comes from their feathers shiny black
And in beauty they are birds who do not lack
Like all other oystercatchers with their long blade like bills they open shells and mollusca for their meat
That to their taste buds are a tasty treat
Not shore waders one does see every day
On scrape for nest on sand two or three yellowish dark spotted eggs the female lay
The rocky shores they do like to frequent
And in searching for food between the rocks most of their time by them is spent
They have a pleasant musical piping song
And to the oystercather family of shorebirds they do belong.
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