April 14, 2007After work went to Hacker Street. Sunny, temp around 50. Tide getting high, but still able to walk pretty far in the marsh. Two Oystercatchers....one was hopping around with one leg dangling but then straightened out...must have fallen asleep.
After a while another pair of AMOY showed up and there was lots of noise and sparring and synchronized piping. Then one pair left and after a while another single AMOY showed up. More piping. I think it may have been a juvie...dark tip on bill. A gull tried to take some of their clams, but they drove it away. Another gull managed to get one flying and then chased it around.
Took a large Quicktime movie of the victorious AMOY who drove off the intruders
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All rights reserved.SmugMugCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo<p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a> </p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/2711530_26zKa#143696315_wCZo6" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoy-angelica/143696315_wCZo6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="92" alt="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-03-02T09:09:00ZCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)http://clongworth.smugmug.comhttp://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoy-angelica/143696315_wCZo6-Th.jpg2007-04-14 16:07:02Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo<p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a> </p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/2711530_26zKa#143696380_P9WtM" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoy-clam/143696380_P9WtM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-13T12:58:18ZCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)http://clongworth.smugmug.comhttp://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoy-clam/143696380_P9WtM-Th.jpg2007-04-14 16:20:18Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo<p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a> </p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/2711530_26zKa#143696414_zMRuL" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoy-clam2/143696414_zMRuL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="115" alt="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-13T13:16:34ZCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)http://clongworth.smugmug.comhttp://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoy-clam2/143696414_zMRuL-Th.jpg2007-04-14 16:24:09snowy egret<p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />snowy egret</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/2711530_26zKa#143696448_cNtSA" title="snowy egret"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoy-egret/143696448_cNtSA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="74" alt="snowy egret" title="snowy egret" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-13T18:27:20ZCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)http://clongworth.smugmug.comhttp://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoy-egret/143696448_cNtSA-Th.jpg2007-04-14 16:07:41Gull tried to take food from them, but the AMOY chased it off.<p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />Gull tried to take food from them, but the AMOY chased it off.</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/2711530_26zKa#143696484_etqBR" title="Gull tried to take food from them, but the AMOY chased it off."><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoy-gull/143696484_etqBR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Gull tried to take food from them, but the AMOY chased it off." title="Gull tried to take food from them, but the AMOY chased it off." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-13T13:13:12ZCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)http://clongworth.smugmug.comhttp://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoy-gull/143696484_etqBR-Th.jpg2007-04-14 15:51:00Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo<p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a> </p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/2711530_26zKa#143696511_tJ5ps" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoys/143696511_tJ5ps-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-13T12:53:12ZCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)http://clongworth.smugmug.comhttp://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/amoys/143696511_tJ5ps-Th.jpg2007-04-14 15:31:11bird on the right is actually 2 birds<p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />bird on the right is actually 2 birds</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/2711530_26zKa#143696554_SqVjV" title="bird on the right is actually 2 birds"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/double/143696554_SqVjV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="71" alt="bird on the right is actually 2 birds" title="bird on the right is actually 2 birds" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-13T13:08:17ZCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)http://clongworth.smugmug.comhttp://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/double/143696554_SqVjV-Th.jpg2007-04-14 15:30:34Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo<p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a> </p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/2711530_26zKa#143696576_iz4iq" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/fight/143696576_iz4iq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="65" alt="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-13T13:17:22ZCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)http://clongworth.smugmug.comhttp://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/fight/143696576_iz4iq-Th.jpg2007-04-14 15:30:20Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo<p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a> </p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/2711530_26zKa#143696626_4DYsm" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/fight2/143696626_4DYsm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="56" alt="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-13T13:08:28ZCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)http://clongworth.smugmug.comhttp://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/fight2/143696626_4DYsm-Th.jpg2007-04-14 15:30:20Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo<p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a> </p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/2711530_26zKa#143696675_Cbmfq" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/gullchase/143696675_Cbmfq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" title="Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-13T12:58:50ZCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)http://clongworth.smugmug.comhttp://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/gullchase/143696675_Cbmfq-Th.jpg2007-04-14 16:07:25juvie???<p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com">Carolyn Longworth (clongworth)</a><br />juvie???</p><p><a href="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/2711530_26zKa#143696711_QQ96u" title="juvie???"><img src="http://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/juvie/143696711_QQ96u-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="juvie???" title="juvie???" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p>2009-06-13T12:53:25ZCarolyn Longworth (clongworth)http://clongworth.smugmug.comhttp://clongworth.smugmug.com/Birds/April-2007/April-14-2007/juvie/143696711_QQ96u-Th.jpg2007-04-14 16:09:22