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Rats!!

During one of his zigs, the oyster in his beak zagged and popped out onto the sand, and finally our plucky little guy had to face the sad reality. The bully on this beach won this round.

NYCspringoystercatchersWolfe's pondStaten Islandseagullsbirds

  • Now his only choice was to run as fast as he could and hope the gull would give up. But that was never gonna happen.
  • About to loose your lunch
  • Nowhere to hide
  • Rats!!
  • Now it's mine.
  • Reluctantly our plucky little fellow gave up and headed back to the waters edge before he got his head pecked in.
  • Get lost pip squeak
  • Back to the drawing board.
  • Found another
  • Good, no gulls this time.
  • And this time he got to eat this one in peace.
  • He could relax this time as he knew Brant's geese have no interest in his oyster. Good thing cause their even bigger than the seagulls.
  • A well earned snack.
  • DSC_6781 a well earned meal_DxO
  • Off to hunt for more oysters before the tide rolls back in.
  • DSC_6715 back to the drawing board_DxO
  • This guy turned his head and looked dead at me when I trained my zoom in on him as I followed him in the sky.
  • DSC_7147 swallow
  • DSC_7273 sandpiper(PSP)
  • DSC_7254 sandpiper on the hunt (psp)
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