Variable Oystercatcher walking on sand

Awaroa Inlet, Abel Tasman National Park, South Island, New Zealand (February 2007)

For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Variable Oystercatcher / Internet Bird Collection
Variable Oystercatcher / Bird Forum
Haematopus unicolor / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Toreapango, the Variable Oystercatcher / NZ Birds
BirdLife International / Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor