Oystercatchers - They're everywhere
Mar 28, 2017 20:21:15 #
Until we went to Alaska in 2013 I didn't even know what an Oystercatcher was. (I know, sheltered farm boy.) Since then I've run into them everywhere from South America to the Texas Gulf coast. When I see one its like meeting up with an old friend.
Black Ostercatcher - First meeting at the base of a Puffin rookery near Chisik Island, Alaska
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American Oystercatchers doing a mirror image pose on the Galapagos Islands
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Or maybe opposites attract - Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
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Often the females have a black fleck on the iris of their eye
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Dakota Barb
Loc: Irene, SD
What an interesting bird - loved all of your photos especially the last one!
Mar 29, 2017 06:07:19 #
GregWCIL wrote:
Until we went to Alaska in 2013 I didn't even know what an Oystercatcher was. (I know, sheltered farm boy.) Since then I've run into them everywhere from South America to the Texas Gulf coast. When I see one its like meeting up with an old friend.
Mar 29, 2017 06:36:53 #
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Mar 29, 2017 07:28:15 #
GregWCIL wrote:
Until we went to Alaska in 2013 I didn't even know what an Oystercatcher was. (I know, sheltered farm boy.) Since then I've run into them everywhere from South America to the Texas Gulf coast. When I see one its like meeting up with an old friend.
Mar 29, 2017 08:08:28 #
GregWCIL wrote:
Until we went to Alaska in 2013 I didn't even know what an Oystercatcher was. (I know, sheltered farm boy.) Since then I've run into them everywhere from South America to the Texas Gulf coast. When I see one its like meeting up with an old friend.
Great photos, Greg.
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Mar 29, 2017 10:47:09 #
Tikva
Loc: Waukesha, WI
All of the pictures are great but I especially like the last one. Almost like she is winking at you, sort of.
Mar 29, 2017 21:16:40 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Excellent! I like the second one - symmetrical.
It took long time to pose them.
Mar 29, 2017 21:19:10 #
Tikva wrote:
All of the pictures are great but I especially like the last one. Almost like she is winking at you, sort of.
On the download of the pair photos, you can see flecks in the eyes also.
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