Rick Bowers
12-11-2013, 09:01 PM
American Black Oystercatcher (Haematopusbachmani)
Pacific Grove, California, United States - June
50D, 500 f4 +1.4, 1/400 sec; f/11; ISO 400, fill flash
Noise reduction on ocean background.
This was probably a first year female or pair since they nested on the mainland 20 feet from a park bench that was occupied almost constantly. I watched the pair preparing the site the day before but thought they we just "practicing" preparing a nest because it was such a vulnerable situation. Went back the next day and there was their first egg!
Pacific Grove, California, United States - June
50D, 500 f4 +1.4, 1/400 sec; f/11; ISO 400, fill flash
Noise reduction on ocean background.
This was probably a first year female or pair since they nested on the mainland 20 feet from a park bench that was occupied almost constantly. I watched the pair preparing the site the day before but thought they we just "practicing" preparing a nest because it was such a vulnerable situation. Went back the next day and there was their first egg!