{"id":14399,"date":"2014-02-20T03:30:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T10:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14399"},"modified":"2025-03-28T13:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:37:20","slug":"american-oystercatcher-lift-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/02\/20\/american-oystercatcher-lift-off\/","title":{"rendered":"American Oystercatcher Lift Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Oystercatcher lift 0ff – Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 160, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday was rough, one of the biggest reasons for that is that my internet connection screwed up and new equipment is needed so this is just a simple post due to exhaustion, frustration or a combination thereof.<\/p>\n

I thought I had already posted this American Oystercatcher image but I haven’t until now. I photographed this American Oystercatcher at Fort De Soto County Park’s north beach in February of 2009.<\/p>\n

The adult Oystercatcher had been resting on the sand and I took a series of images of the shorebird before it saw something in the air that caused it to be alarmed then take flight.<\/p>\n

It isn’t uncommon for Peregrine Falcons to be around the north beach area and the oystercatcher may have spotted it or another predator behind me.<\/p>\n

One of two species of oystercatchers in North America the American Oystercatchers quickly stole my heart after I first saw them because of their colors, long bills, pink legs and their Goth-like black toenails.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American Oystercatcher photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of two species of oystercatchers in North America the American Oystercatchers quickly stole my heart after I first saw them because of their colors, long bills, pink legs and their Goth-like black toenails. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,27,25,704],"tags":[4004,3974,4039,10608,4052,22,4282,5988,3816,4017,274,373],"class_list":["post-14399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-oystercatchers","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","tag-adult","tag-american-oystercatcher","tag-beach","tag-costal","tag-flight","tag-haematopus-palliatus","tag-lift-off","tag-oystercatcher","tag-oystercatchers","tag-sand","tag-shorebirds-2","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t