{"id":8724,"date":"2013-06-27T03:45:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T09:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8724"},"modified":"2025-08-29T05:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:37:09","slug":"adult-american-oystercatcher-among-sea-purslane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/06\/27\/adult-american-oystercatcher-among-sea-purslane\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult American Oystercatcher Among Sea Purslane"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult American Oystercatcher among Sea Purslane – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I like to include habitat in my images when I am able to do so, especially when the habitat doesn’t obstruct the view of my subject or when the habitat helps to define a sense of place.<\/p>\n

I have taken hundreds of images of American Oystercatchers in or near water and that shows only a part of the habitat where these shorebirds can be found, they can also be found among stands of Sea Oats, Spartina or as shown in this image, Sea Purslane.<\/p>\n

I was at Fort De Soto and Egmont Key from before sunrise to well after sunset the day I photographed this American Oystercatcher in late evening light.<\/p>\n

This American Oystercatcher, used to the human foot traffic on the beach, walked right past where I was laying on the sand at the north beach.<\/p>\n

Back then, I was taking a Florida Master Naturalist course and our class met on Egmont Key that day so I thought I might as well photograph at Fort De Soto’s north beach before I hopped onto the ferry to Egmont Key.<\/p>\n

By the time I took the ferry back to Fort De Soto I figured I might as well stay for sunset and see if I could capture the “Green Flash” as the sun set.<\/p>\n

That night I didn’t see the green flash but I was thrilled to be there as the sun dipped below the horizon. I was exhausted, sweaty but very happy to have enjoyed the day so thoroughly.<\/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":"

I like to include habitat in my images when I am able to do so, especially when the habitat doesn’t obstruct the view of my subject or when the habitat helps to define a sense of place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150489,"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":[4004,3974,4039,14752,173,22,5988,3816,4017,24,3982,274],"class_list":["post-8724","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-coastal-island","tag-gulf-coast","tag-haematopus-palliatus","tag-oystercatcher","tag-oystercatchers","tag-sand","tag-sand-dune","tag-sea-purslane","tag-shorebirds-2"],"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