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Short Pied Oystercatcher

To: Jude Latt <>
Subject: Short Pied Oystercatcher
From: Chris Sanderson <>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:46:18 +1100
Tangled in fishing line is another likely option.  For migratory shorebirds
(ie. not oystercatchers) they can also lose feet or toes to frostbite if
they arrive in their breeding grounds too early.  You often see Silver
Gulls missing feet also.

Cheers,
Chris

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Jude Latt <> wrote:

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> Thank goodness for wings ....    what happens to them ?    Bitten off by
> marine critters ?
> Jude
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Clark <>
> To: birding-aus <>
> Sent: Wed, Feb 20, 2013 10:31 pm
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Short Pied Oystercatcher
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> I noticed one of three Pied Oystercatchers at Merimbula today was a lot
> shorter
> than the other two.  A closer look revealed that it had no feet.
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