On May 30 2000 (a little prior to my digital SLR camera days) I observed and photographed an Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris (aka OZPO) at Woody Point, SE Queensland, Australia. This bird was one of many OZPOs regularly at that location but it was different in not having any feet. Although this OZPO didn’t seem as ‘lively’ as its compatriots it was obviously well able to cope and cater for itself as it moved around that particular location and a couple of other locations within a couple of kilometres for the next four years. The food supply must have been plentiful and relatively easy to harvest. The last photo I have of that bird was taken on 4 June 2004. I don’t know how long the bird actually survived but that was the last time I photographed it and I have the feeling I did not see it again after that date.
I have added a page to my website http://www.photos-n-guides.com/ with some more comments and the first and last photos I took of that oystercatcher. That page can be see at http://www.photos-n-guides.com/html/a_feetless_ozpo.html
Bob Inglis Sandstone Point Qld ===============================
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