The Black Oystercatcher is an all black wading bird of western North America with a striking red bill. It has pink legs, a red eye-ring and yellow iris.
It lives almost entirely on the coast. As with other wading birds, it will take food off the surface as well using its long bill to reach the morsels that it wants. It will often snatch and grab and then fly to avoid a wave crashing on the rocks.
Classification:
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Haematopodidae
Genus: Haematopus
Species: H. bachmani
Photos:
Black Oystercatcher
"A wave breaks against the rocks while a Black Oystercatcher feeds at Coleman Park, Morro Bay, California"
Black Oystercatcher in flight
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Black Oystercatcher near Morro Rock in Morro Bay, CA 2-1-07
(courtesy of Michael “Mike” L. Baird, bairdphotos.com)
Black-Oystercatcher
Halfway there to my 100 birds in flight.
Black Oystercatcher
"I just got Arthur Morris’ new book on a CD - "The Art of Bird Photography II" - can’t recommend it enough. Really excellent. Even for birders who aren’t photographers (he lists good places to bird, comments on them, etc.) One of his exposure advice notes is to drop exposure by 1/3 when shooting middle tones in full sun. Why I thought would you do that. Now I realize - if you don’t, you’ll blow the whites because the meter will expose for black. Almost every oystercatcher picture I’ve ever taken has the legs blown. Next time I’m dropping another stop. Maybe two."
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Commentary:
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January 10th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
You use a lot of my bird photos (which are Creative Commons licensed for use by Attribution “photo by Michael “Mike” L. Baird, bairdphotos.com), and link to the related Flickr “static” pages which (1) does not give attribution as I request (see details at http://www.flickr.com/people/mikebaird/ ) and (2) makes it impossible for the viewer to find the author.
http://flickr.com/people/mikebaird/ says If you are using one of my photos under a Creative Common license (most are licensed for use with attribution), please attribute the photo in one of the ways as follows (listed in order of preference):
Michael “Mike” L. Baird, bairdphotos.com or
Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com or if you have limited space
bairdphotos.com
and if purposed online, please link to the related Flickr image page if practicable. I would appreciate a note via Flickr mail or to mike [at} mikebaird d o t com indicating which image was used, and if appropriate I will add to the image description a link to your project. You are also encouraged to add a comment to the photo, and add tags (labels) to further enhance its visibility. If you use my image(s) in a printed publication, I’d love to get via postal mail a copy of the publication or tear sheets for my portfolio if practicable. Mail to Michael L. Baird, 2756 Indigo Circle, Morro Bay, CA 93442. Life is short, and I get a kick out of seeing others enjoy my images in a responsible way. mike [at} mikebaird d o t com
Be sure to use the full-resolution versions available under “all sizes” for best reproduction.
Appreciate the attention to this.
January 10th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Hi Mike,
I thought that I was linking to the webpage with your picture on it. Sorry for the oversight. I’ll get on improving my links. I was hoping people would go and look at your other photos as well as they are great. I’ll work on posting comments on them as well.
Thanks for your input,
Ron