American Oystercatcher
Recently there have been some nice images of Oystercatchers posted so I thought I would chime in with one of mine. I captured this image at Ft. Desoto following the bird as it roamed along the surf line. There is a little history that goes with this bird. I had posted another image of this bird a while back. Gail Bisson, a member and frequent poster on BPN commented on the image. She wrote that in the winter of 2013 she was at Ft. Desoto and noticed a Oystercatcher badly tangled in fishing line. Finding a park ranger she made them aware of the plight of the bird. The staff at Ft. Desoto captured the bird and removed the fishing line. I photographed this bird in August of 2016, the scar from the fishing line is easily seen on the leg. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm
1/1250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV -1/3 ISO 280 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation
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