(Source: North Carolina State University) American Oystercatcher, feeding a hungry chick. Photo credit: USFWS. Editor's Note: A version of this post first appeared at USGS.gov. The original piece was written by Hannah Hamilton of the USGS. American oystercatchers studied on Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina were disturbed more by pedestrians and off-road vehicles passing their nests than by the U.S. military aircraft flying overhead. A new study published in the journal Ibis indicates that American oystercatchers, a bird species...
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