The black oystercatcher, with its clown face and beach antics, is one of my favorite birds. This close-up of the oystercatcher face was taken after I had played cat and mouse with the bird for about half an hour. Oystercatchers are well known for their broken wing routine and fake nesting behavior all leading you away from their nest. Once I found the nest this bird came right up to me to protest. I blasted off six frames on the motordrive and then left the nest and bird alone. Shot with a Nikon F5 camera body with a 300mm Nikor lens on Velvia film.-Mark Kelley
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