torea the pied oystercatcher rest lawn near coast

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Torea the pied oystercatcher rest at the lawn near the coast. Royalty Free Stock Photo

South Island pied oystercatcher gather and rest at the lawn near the coast. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Torea the pied oystercatcher rest at the lawn near the coast.

Torea the pied oystercatcher. birds of New Zealand. After the breeding season the birds congregate on the coasts where they winter but a proportion migrate to the northern part of the North Island where they are found along sandy shores and on the intertidal sand and mud flats of harbours like the Manukau and Kaipara. At high tide they rest together with the variable oystercatcher on the sand and shell banks near the waterÃ¢â¬â¢s edge.