{"id":1923,"date":"2011-06-27T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=1923"},"modified":"2011-06-26T20:50:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T00:50:28","slug":"american-oystercatchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/american-oystercatchers\/","title":{"rendered":"American Oystercatchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Im really looking forward to some time off.  The coming Fourth of July holiday weekend will provide me with some opportunities to get out shooting again, that is if the weather cooperates.  I thought this week I would share with you some of the species I am going to attempt to find and photograph over the coming weekend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1924\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/american-oystercatchers\/bsao_00001-as-smart-object-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1924\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSAO_00001-as-Smart-Object-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"BSAO_00001 as Smart Object copy\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSAO_00001-as-Smart-Object-copy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSAO_00001-as-Smart-Object-copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Oystercatcher Munching on Oyster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first species will be the American Oystercatcher.  They will not be easy to find but I plan on making them a target \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1925\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/american-oystercatchers\/bsao_00008-as-smart-object-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1925\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSAO_00008-as-Smart-Object-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"BSAO_00008 as Smart Object copy\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSAO_00008-as-Smart-Object-copy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSAO_00008-as-Smart-Object-copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Oystercatcher Looking for a Meal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Im really looking forward to some time off. 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