BigOly
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Location: Los Barriles, Bandon
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I'll never forget taking this photo!
On the run, hand held camera and the first time I had ever seen this bird. Click and he was gone. American Oystercatcher at the lagoons in La
Ribera, East Cape. To view our private "Baja Collection" of bird photos click on the link . Put it on your big screen, invite some friends and
enjoy.
 http://birdswesee.com/photos/bajacollection/
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Estrella
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Registered: 10-12-2005
Location: Mulege and Columbia, Ca
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The magic of Baja....
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DENNIS
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Perfect everything, Oly. Great shot. Belongs on a coffee-table book cover.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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Bajahowodd
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Beautiful creature.
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Mexitron
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Nice, really nice!
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woody with a view
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running? sheesh....
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willyAirstream
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!!!!!!!!!SUPER!!!!!
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jakethedog
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Best shot ever!
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David K
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That is an awesome photo! ... I had a taken a photo of a pair of them on Shell Island...
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BajaBlanca
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Location: La Bocana, BCS
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Love this bird! I had never seen one til these pics.
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4x4abc
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Location: La Paz, BCS
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great shot!
Harald Pietschmann
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Whale-ista
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Beautiful birds! Great photo reminders of lovely Baja. Thank you both for posting.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Mulegena
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Perfect little hovercraft, your oystercatcher.
You sure do take some crackin' bird pix, Big Oly!
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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N2Baja
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Awesome picture BigOly!
Forget about the danger and think of the fun.
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Bob H
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Great action shot of this beautiful bird.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Oystercatcher/id
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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güéribo
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A handsome bird! Great photo.
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tripledigitken
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Tack sharp, not always easy even with a tripod. Way to go.
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Pompano
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Truly beautiful and extremely sharp photos, Big Oly. You're an inspiration to anyone who owns a camera.
I remember quite well the first oystercatcher I ever saw and photographed.
It’s 1973…I’m on an island in Conception Bay. I’ve heard a weird and loud ‘Peep-Peep-Peep’-ing sound and then spotted..an
oystercatcher! Aha…I'll get a photo.
Quickly, I take my trusty 35 mm Pentax out of it’s case. Here we go… Lovely bird…Please just hold still for a moment?
Okay, now to get the shot…but wait, first I need to…
1. Set the shutter speed dial
2. Set the aperture
3. Set the ISO speed
4. Set the ‘mode’ dial
5. Set the exposure
6. Focus…where the hell is that bird?
7. Frame your subject….and Shoot!
8. Develop rolls of film a few weeks later in San Diego.
Check photos.
Well fooey, it could be a bird…or a musk ox.
I might have been thinking this: "Hmmm….wonder how long until digital cameras with auto focus are invented?"
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Maron
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Nice photos from the two of you.
thks
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