American Oyster Catcher at Bunche Beach, Ft. Myers Florida a few days ago during my vacation, picking the last bits of food from the shell it opened. I wanted a better head angle while feeding, but the bird would not do it, but I feel the cool shell and behavior makes up for it. I would have liked to be closer so no teleconverter or cropping would be necessary, I was slowly inching my way closer crawling through the water getting all sandy and splashed by waves, and the birds appeared that they were going to let me in as close as I wanted. I aimed my lens toward a black bellied plover in nice breeding plumage, when all of a sudden all the birds on the sandbar started running and flew away in a hurry. I looked to see what spooked them. A peregrine falcon swooping down and almost snatching a Sanderling! So the image quality is still good enough for a smaller print though. Canon- 7Dll, 100-400 ll, 1.4xlll. 1/2500, f8,560mm, 640iso
American Oyster Catcher feeding
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