Did you know we have Oyster Catcher birds on the Central Coast?  I didn’t until last weekend when I asked Barbara Rosenthal about her zinc etching with watercolor paint on rag paper.  Barbara captured these Oyster Catchers having a meal in Montana de Oro near Los Osos.  Barbara explains; “Along the bluffs you may hear the oyster catcher before you see it.  They are usually on the rocks away from people, as seen here.  You will recognize them by their bright orange beak contrasted against their shiny black feathers.”  Instead of oysters, these birds actually dine mostly on mussels and limpets.  To me, our friends here seem to be content that the sun is shining over their sea-soup of tasty tidbits.

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