Both American Oystercatchers were feeding at water's edge when I noticed the way the male was looking at the female. I knew what was coming and started to pan towards the female allowing me to catch the action. I've chosen my faverate frames from this 4 second burst taken at Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY.
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
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louie champan wrote:
Really an excellent set of tack sharp images, very well done.
Thank you Louie
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csinseattle wrote:
Morris,
Great set and well done, but since when you started doing x-rated wildlife photos
Chris S.
Thank you Chris,
I've been doing bird porn for years
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tjbel05 wrote:
Morris,
That is an awesome capture and story. Thank you for sharing.
Tammy
Thank you Tammy,
The American Oystercatcher is a faverate subject
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Ronny Olsson wrote:
Great set Morris !
Ronny
Thank you Ronny
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Erictator wrote:
Outstanding behavioral set Morris... spot on exposures and crisp!
...and he must find her leg bands attractive.
Eric
Thank you Eric,
I appreciate you sending them up here. I'll be sending you more mid fall
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gmccroskery wrote:
Great action capture, Morris!
I love the excited 'wide eyed' look on the male. I'm pretty sure those garters the female was wearing did the trick!
Greg
Thank you Greg,
It was his expression that clued me off that he was going to hop on her. Ya, she has a sexy outfit with those bands.
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johnohio wrote:
Spring is in the air . Nicely done Morris.
John
Thank you John
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sathsy2017 wrote:
Love those colors and the images !!! Love the caption as well!
Thank you Sathsy,
The hardest part for me was coming up with a good caption
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Thanks Morris. The bokeh in that open beach head is terrific. I envy your situation. To your credit, the light and color of these images is perfect.
I am looking forward to your observations of the entire process to their first flight.
I hope you count the days from this mating until she lays. Maybe you have in the past. I know you have observed these Oystercatchers for years. They are colonial nesters (right?) so, will those two bands be enough for you to ID that specific female?
The reason I ask is because I have seen my loons mate just twice (once in 2 different years) but I failed to count the days to egg depositing. The nest-site selection and building is not started until after mating and there seems to be an urgency in her. If I see a loon pair mate this year, I will count the days. We know that mating is quick and it happens just once. I still do not know how many days for the eggs to develop in the female loon. I just did a quick search and I guess the process of egg development. in the female is called oogenesis. We know that incubation periods are publicized for bird species (for loons it is 26-29 days) but not the period of development in the female.
Always curious about nature. Man’s politics, warring and man’s destruction of nature anger me. It is disgusting and shameful. And we all see it getting much worse here and worldwide. I am quite sure that America’s current administration will eventually attempt to take our national parks from us and sell them to the rich. Ain’t going to happen!!
Beautiful crisp and colorful images, excellent work on this set!
. Nicely done Morris.