This pied oyster catcher was busy feeding on shellfish when I worried him by getting too close.
He flew off the sand bar at Point Walter in high dudgeon.
Please ignore the human pollution which is just out of focus!

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We have Pied Oyster Catchers on Fraser Island, my favourite place on the planet.
I just love the way pippies sometimes snap shut on the bird’s beak and are then easily lifted out of the wet sand.
Mike, Pippies? Are they a shellfish? I would love to visit Fraser island one day. I have my tent and swag ready