“Fifteen years of coordinated conservation efforts have produced a significant recovery in the U.S. population of the American oystercatcher, a bird with a distinctive bright red bill that breeds and roosts on beaches and coastal marshes, at a time when most shorebirds are declining.

The American Oystercatcher Recovery Campaign, a coalition of about 40 conservation private nonprofits and government agencies across the United States, reported a 45 percent increase in the number of oystercatchers from 2008 to 2023, bringing the total population to an estimated 14,735 birds.”

From Inside Climate News.