{"id":4893,"date":"2017-10-23T21:18:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T04:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2017-10-23T21:20:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T04:20:04","slug":"black-turnstone-oystercatcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4893","title":{"rendered":"Black Turnstone + Oystercatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Snow Bunting being seen at Iona recently, I decided to try the Tsawwassen Ferry causeway where they can also seen. While there were no buntings around, there were several Black Oystercatcher present.<\/p>\n

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Black Turnstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On closer examination I also noted some Black Turnstone.<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Turnstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Being awhile since photographing any I started with the turnstones.<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Turnstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following them along the shoreline this bird did pause for a little preening,<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Turnstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… and a nice wing stretch when it resumed its way along the beach. Then some Black Oystercatcher further down the beach started flying in my direction.<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Oystercatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I managed this flight shot of the last one in the group.<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Oystercatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I continued with the oystercatchers briefly,<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Oystercatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… finishing with this one with after it found a tasty morsel.<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Turnstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then it was back to the Black Turnstone,<\/p>\n

\"Black
Black Turnstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… finishing the afternoon with this one taking time out for a bath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Snow Bunting being seen at Iona recently, I decided to try the Tsawwassen Ferry causeway where they can also seen. While there were no buntings around, there were several Black Oystercatcher present. On closer examination I also noted some Black Turnstone. Being awhile since photographing any I started with the turnstones. Following them along … Continue reading “Black Turnstone + Oystercatcher”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[82,153],"class_list":["post-4893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-tsawwassen-ferry-causeway","tag-black-oystercatcher","tag-black-turnstone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4893"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4897,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4893\/revisions\/4897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}