American Oyster Catcher on the Bird Watch List needs your help! (narrated).
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2022
- American Oyster Catchers (Haematopus palliatus) were at the brink of extinction! This beautiful shore bird is still on the bird watch list. Many shore birds are rare or at risk of extinction partly because they nest in the sand. Their nesting habitats are always puttinf them at risk or on in an endangered status. American Oyster Catchers are species of special concern on many state watch lists. You can find this rare shore bird nesting in the sand. The bird was previously known as the Sea Pie until naturalist Mark Catesby saw them eating oysters in 1731 and named the Oyster Catcher birds. The come back began with the enactment of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918. In 2010 there were 43,000 birds and an estimated 15,000 nesting pairs. This bird can be identifided by its bright red orange bill, black above and white below and white wings stripes visible when it flies. American Oyster Catchers feed primarily on mollusks or bivalves, particularly, clams, oysters and mussels. They often look for a mollusk with a partially open shell and jam their beak into it seeking to sever its abductor mussel. Unfortunately, some birds have drown when an oyster attached to a large rock clamps its shell on the birds beak and unable to move, the bird drowns when the tide comes in! They will also use their bird bill or bird beak to hammer open and break the shells of many different mollusks. They will also use their long red orange beak to probe the sand in search of mollusks and crustaceans. Beaches are often closed or roped off to protect sensitive bird nesting areas. American Oyster Catchers make a shallow depression in the sand and lay eggs in it. This makes them particular vunerable to human beach disturbances and activities, as well as to aggressive birds and mammals such as coyotes, raccoons, opposums and more. These rare, endangered, at risk of extinction, shore nesting birds are vunerable to habitat destruction and beach development, climate change and plastics in the oceans. Birds ofen mistake plastics for food with fatal results.
You can help these birds by recognizing them and their nesting sites so you will not disturb them. Be aware of posting and beach closures designed to protect beach nesting birds and avoid those places. You can also join or donate to local advocacy groups like the American Littoral Society. My channel is dedicated to teaching about biology and nature. Enivornmental education is my focus. My topics cover everything from fungi to plants and animals of all kinds. Each episode includes detailed information, how to identify, natural history, ethnobotany and everything you should know about the organism.
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Oyster Catchers line dancing.🙂 Great video. Thanks for bringing the story of this beautiful bird to us.
Ha! They can put on quite a show Gerard!
These little guys are clever and ingenuitive it seems! They really are a striking bird.
They really are striking birds! Check out my video on boat tailed grackles...another shore bird that is amazingly adaptable!
Dear Frank, learn something new again today! That bird is precious! Beautiful there at SANDY HOOK! GREAT video with your new camera.!!! Thank you! Take care now & BE SAFE! 🙂
Thank you Judy! I have recently purchased a new fluid head tripod for smoother steady video at 600 mm. ! Trying to keep improving my product!
That's an appropriate common name for them. 😉 That clam story, wow! Makes sense, but just wow. Love the info in this one. That dance, ha!
Lol! I know, right?
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Ha! They really are a special species!!!
... and here I'm thinking some far off distant relative to penguins 😉 Thanks for the info! Enjoy your weekend, Frank 😊
I know, right? Very penquiness!
Frank, great video. Wonderful behavioral footage captured. I liked the background info on the location. Also learned a bit!
Thanks so much Gabe. Since i filmed it I also bought a fluid head tripod for smoother movement of telephoto!
You are like a Chia Pet. Your face hair grows fast. Love those birds. They are so pretty.
Ha! The confusion of jumping back and forth in time! I am still smooth! I am way behind in editing and releasing episodes I have filmed!
@@natureatyourdoor you are funny
@@carmennunnally9847 ha! Lol. Yes. 😉
I saw a flock of these beautiful striking birds on the beach by the water this week in Cape May, NJ for the first time. Asked a fisherman what they were. He told me they were oyster catchers and they were feeding and migrating.
Thanks for share! Btw...I love Cape May ...especially in the off season!
Very interesting. I see these birds on the Atlantic Ocean coast on Sun and Surf Beach Club. Huge bird sanctuary at the end by the jetty.
Thanks for sharing! They are beautiful intriguing birds!
I also like the markings of this bird, cool orange eyes. Our beaches protect the sand piper birds. Not sure if you ever see seagulls pick up clam shells and fly up and drop them in the rocks to open the shell.
Yes! Cool about the gulls!
Excellent content Frank, we have them here in northern Chile as well, I will share your video as it provides great information.
Great ! Thank you Andres! Where is YOUR "here"?
@@natureatyourdoor jajaja you are right, I did not mention I am in Arica, northern Chile!!!! Cheers.
It seems there's a whole range of Oyster catcher families in many places of the world. We have them in the Netherlands as well Haematopus ostralegus - a species of special concern the world over I believe. The European variants have more of a red ring around the eyes instead of the orange. And the colour of the irises itself is different as well. What I found absolutely fascinating is how similar the New Jersey shoreline is to the Dutch coast line, with the sand dunes and very similar vegetations - only facing East instead of West.
🙂 So interesting comparing like species around the world
..and your sunrise vs sunset opposite continent beaches! Thanks for share!
These are plentiful in Cedar Key Florida on the gulf coast. Oysters are everywhere. Many of the islands here are wildlife preserves.
So cool! I hope to head that way in my van camper in April!
Thanks for share!!
I noticed in some of the early close-up views of these birds that they seem to have a double pupil structure in their eyes. Do you know anything about this, or can you point to some research about oyster catcher eyes? I have in the past read about some aquatic animals that spend time at the water surface, and appear to use similar structures to simultaneously view above- and below-water surroundings.
You know just as I was editing and zooming in I noticed that too! I wasnt sure if that was an anomally or reflection in light or it was really double pupiled. I will have to investigate that!
Oops. I accidently removed a comment think I was removing the unwanted porn promotion bot! Ack. My apologies if I removed yours.
I just want to commend you for taking the care to curate your comment section to remove the parasitic trolls. I suppose all the best creators do this. I have seen some garbage in comment sections and want you to know that your diligence is appreciated.
This video is bird-nerd approved!!
Thank you Lindsay! I am surprised it did not earn more views...bird market flooded with bird videos?
@@natureatyourdoor Strange! My only thought is that Oystercatcher is one word - maybe that is throwing off your SEO?
@@lindsaymcnamara8045 oh nooo. I am a terrible proof reader and speller!! 😖
Thank you. I am glad they are making a come back, a bit sad that so many things, especially human related ones, interfere with that! Nature is nature we can't do a lot about that, they work as an ecosystem, but sometimes we have to step up and do a bit! I am glad you shared some ideas with us and gave us the links for easy access, in ways we can help ❤🩹
You are welcome! I always look for your comments and added info for me and my viewers! Thanks for taking time again to share!