Leucistic European Oyster Catcher.

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12 replies

Posted by John Chapman on February 29, 2008 at 6:26 AM

Pic. taken couple of days ago. 1D MK2n 500mm lens 1.4 conv.1/8000sec. F5.6 ISO 500. All comments welcomed.
John
Aberdeen

Posted by David Kjaer on February 29, 2008 at 6:40 AM

Hi John

Nice to see and you made a good job of it as well !

David

Posted by Paul Inglis on February 29, 2008 at 6:43 AM

Hi John,

Superb capture!

Posted by Ian Hay on February 29, 2008 at 7:18 AM

John a nice picture of our local star.

The first time you see this bird it really makes you think!

All the best

Ian

Posted by Major Gilbert on February 29, 2008 at 7:27 AM

Leucistic & albino birds always intrigue me well captured John.

Major.

Posted by Andy Astbury on February 29, 2008 at 11:44 AM

What a superb image of a great looking bird John - excellent job

Posted by Matt Cole on February 29, 2008 at 11:51 AM

a very unusual looking bird, very nicely captured too.

Matt

Posted by Ian Mason on February 29, 2008 at 11:55 AM

Stunning photo of an interesting bird. Nice lighting too.

Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 1, 2008 at 4:25 AM

Nice shot John, nice detail in the whites too, btw i think i've seen this bird somewhere before? I rememebr seeing it on a TV program in the last couple of months....

Posted by Justin on March 1, 2008 at 6:28 AM

Nicely captured John and interesting to see the plumage variation. We've got a similarly coloured Jackdaw around.

Posted by eric weight on March 1, 2008 at 10:33 AM

That's a weird one! I could imagine myself looking through the books for weeks trying to work it out.

Eric

Posted by Helge Sorensen on March 3, 2008 at 5:39 AM

Super specimen, John - and a nice image of it. Seems like you are drawn to white birds recently

Posted by Alan Bryant on March 3, 2008 at 6:04 AM

Great shot.Well handled with the whites