Banded American Oystercatcher
August 13, 2008
Article in: Bird Conservation
Thanks to Birdchick who posted about a banded American Oystercatcher, we reported one that we found at South Beach, Massachusetts.
Here we have AMOY “yellow #60″ or who we’ve named Yogi as in the great baseballcatcher, Yogi Berra
The American Oystercatcher or AMOY Banding project is a fascinating project focused on these fun shorebirds. Shortly after submitting our band, we received confirmation about the bird.
Yogi was banded at South Beach this year as an adult. It will be fun to hear if he or she is found feeding somewhere way south.
Read more about American Oystercatchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
American Oystercatchers Digiscoped at South Beach on the Cape of Massachusetts
August 9, 2008
Article in: Photography
After testing out a Swarovski digiscoping* setup for the first time, I was able to put my newly learned skill to the test on the cape of Massachusetts at South Beach.
One of my first victims was a roving gang of American Oystercatchers. Needless to say, I was pretty happy with the results.
Two adults and a juvenile. If you look closely, one of the adults is banded “yellow #60″
This wasn’t the best shot, but the oystercatcher had been digging in his ear pretty fierce and seemed fairly happy about it
*Digiscoping is when you take a camera and connect it with a spotting scope to use as a super telephoto lens. I was using an angled HD scope with the Birdfreak Canon XTi DSLR.
