A look at the oystercatcher eggs Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps - May 20, 2006 I got a good look at the eggs just as the parent bird got off the nest for a minute. Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments SolSionnach said… So sweet!I'm wondering how big the birds are... they look to be pretty large. Keera Ann Fox said… They are. About 50 cm/19.5 inches long. I'm sorry there's no sound. They have a high flutelike call. Keera Ann Fox said… Typical seabird call, in many ways, but if you hear a longer call, not this short one, it's rather melodic. The call of the Eurasian oystercatcher: http://www.cserkesz.hu/~szazs/egyeb/madarhang/Haematopus.ostralegus.mp3
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I'm wondering how big the birds are... they look to be pretty large.