Im fed up.....    With Oyster Catchers,    you go out for some early peace and quite time and all you get is abuse from them.




Taken with Mini 3 Pro.

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Oh and yes he does appear to have moored up to a navigation marker.  

That's absolutely splendid.  Mooring to navigation marker?  Is that a misdemeanour?  

Blériot53 Posted at 6-3 00:43
That's absolutely splendid.  Mooring to navigation marker?  Is that a misdemeanour?

I dont recall if I learnt the etiquette of that one,  but there were plenty of empty white buoys available.  

Blériot53 Posted at 6-3 00:43
That's absolutely splendid.  Mooring to navigation marker?  Is that a misdemeanour?

Check out the beak on him.

Great shot and the bird is a cool addition .

DAFlys Posted at 6-3 00:17
Oh and yes he does appear to have moored up to a navigation marker.  

Great shot DA.    It does appear that you've been adopted by the local oyster catchers.  

Can't tie up to navigation markers here.  

Nice capture David!

DAFlys Posted at 6-3 01:26
I dont recall if I learnt the etiquette of that one,  but there were plenty of empty white buoys available.

We need Downtown RDB to rule on that one

DAFlys Posted at 6-3 01:28
Check out the beak on him.

Remarkably good shot - that beak could ruin a drone's day.  I had a close encounter with a curlew the other day but the still frame from the video is quite blurred.

DowntownRDB Posted at 6-3 03:27
Great shot DA.    It does appear that you've been adopted by the local oyster catchers.  

Can't tie up to navigation markers here.

Ive realised that theres an early warning system for the Oyster Catchers,  before they get close they start to make a very high pitched song.  

Montfrooij Posted at 6-3 05:29
Nice capture David!

thanks Peter.  

DAFlys Posted at 6-3 23:41
thanks Peter.

You're welcome!

No wonder you're fed up if the birds keep on pestering you.

Very nice effort DAF that'd be a 10/10.

DAFlys Posted at 6-3 23:06
Ive realised that theres an early warning system for the Oyster Catchers,  before they get close they start to make a very high pitched song.

Yeah and there song is "here we come DA".  

Blériot53 Posted at 6-3 07:55
Remarkably good shot - that beak could ruin a drone's day.  I had a close encounter with a curlew the other day but the still frame from the video is quite blurred.

That was cropped from an AEB shot,     more luck than anything.

DAFlys Posted at 6-4 23:01
That was cropped from an AEB shot,     more luck than anything.

No harm in a bit of luck now and then.

sky wombat Posted at 6-4 05:08
Very nice effort DAF  that'd be a 10/10.

cheers Bruce.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 6-4 06:09
Yeah and there song is "here we come DA".

Could well be indeed.   

DAFlys Posted at 6-4 23:20
Could well be indeed.

    I guess we are invading their space.  

Blériot53 Posted at 6-4 23:05
No harm in a bit of luck now and then.

Out of the three shots, that was the only one where the beak was visible,    they really do move those birds.  

DAFlys Posted at 6-5 22:44
Out of the three shots, that was the only one where the beak was visible,    they really do move those birds.

Faster than us and our drones, for sure.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-5 23:23
Faster than us and our drones, for sure.

I couldnt find a top speed but they seem to live for 35 years.   Which seems a lot for a bird.  

DAFlys Posted at 6-5 23:36
I couldnt find a top speed but they seem to live for 35 years.   Which seems a lot for a bird.

Gannets and albatrosses are long-lived, I believe. And Condors.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-5 23:40
Gannets and albatrosses are long-lived, I believe. And Condors.

Bigger birds usually are,  but the smaller ones are usually quite short and the Oyster catchers and smaller than gulls.  

DAFlys Posted at 6-5 23:43
Bigger birds usually are,  but the smaller ones are usually quite short and the Oyster catchers and smaller than gulls.

I suppose predation of smaller birds by the bigger ones limits their life expectancy too.

DAFlys Posted at 6-5 23:36
I couldnt find a top speed but they seem to live for 35 years.   Which seems a lot for a bird.

Chris Packham on Springwatch has just announced that the longest -lived, recorded age for an oyster catcher is now 43 years.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-6 00:10
I suppose predation of smaller birds by the bigger ones limits their life expectancy too.

I thought it was related to the size of the animals heart.   

Blériot53 Posted at 6-6 11:10
Chris Packham on Springwatch has just announced that the longest -lived, recorded age for an oyster catcher is now 43 years.

Now what a coincidence that is.   And 43 years is just amazing.  Did he give any more reason for it ?

DAFlys Posted at 6-6 23:38
I thought it was related to the size of the animals heart.

I don't know much about that.

DAFlys Posted at 6-6 23:52
Now what a coincidence that is.   And 43 years is just amazing.  Did he give any more reason for it ?

It was just a factoid he chucked into the dialogue.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-7 08:07
I don't know much about that.

I googled it,   bigger the heart the slower it tends to beat so the time to get to the total number of beats is slower.  

Blériot53 Posted at 6-7 08:13
It was just a factoid he chucked into the dialogue.

Still a strange coincidence for sure.  

DAFlys Posted at 6-7 23:09
I googled it,   bigger the heart the slower it tends to beat so the time to get to the total number of beats is slower.

Knowing the exact figure for total number of beats would be interesting.  Could lead to longevity for us if we slept 23 hours a day

Blériot53 Posted at 6-7 23:15
Knowing the exact figure for total number of beats would be interesting.  Could lead to longevity for us if we slept 23 hours a day

1 and half billion beats was mentioned in the article.  

DAFlys Posted at 6-7 23:28
1 and half billion beats was mentioned in the article.

I should be OK for a bit longer then

Blériot53 Posted at 6-7 23:31
I should be OK for a bit longer then

Makes me wonder about the people that do running.  

DAFlys Posted at 6-7 23:54
Makes me wonder about the people that do running.

Yes there's no logic to the "Number of Beats" theory.  If that were true, all sports people would be dead before their time, whereas many of them live well beyond the "average".

Blériot53 Posted at 6-8 00:06
Yes there's no logic to the "Number of Beats" theory.  If that were true, all sports people would be dead before their time, whereas many of them live well beyond the "average".

I think the logic is around the resting heart rate rather than active.