{"id":13190,"date":"2013-05-21T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T23:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13190"},"modified":"2013-05-25T10:30:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T15:30:51","slug":"oystercatchers-in-sippican-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13190","title":{"rendered":"Oystercatchers in Sippican Harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-003-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13193\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-003-480-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>American Oystercatcher\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;W5&#8243;\u00c2\u00a0in Sippican Head of Harbor<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While kayaking in Head of Sippican Harbor on Tuesday, the Turtle Journal team observed a pair of American oystercatchers foraging the low-tide-drained mudflats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-004-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13194\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-004-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-004-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-004-480-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>American Oystercatcher &#8220;W5&#8221; in Sippican Harbor<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With closeup images of one of the pair, we confirmed a &#8220;W5&#8221; band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-001-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13192\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-oystercatcher-001-480-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>American Oystercatcher &#8220;W5&#8221; Foraging in Sippican Harbor<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;W5&#8221; struck a bell and a quick check of our records confirmed that we had documented\u00c2\u00a0this same bird nesting on Gravel Island in Sippican Harbor in 2010.\u00c2\u00a0 Earlier sightings of American oystercatchers on the SouthCoast can be seen in the Turtle Journal story:\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?s=oystercatcher\" target=\"_blank\">American Oystercatchers on the South Coast of Massachusetts<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Oystercatcher\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;W5&#8243;\u00c2\u00a0in Sippican Head of Harbor While kayaking in Head of Sippican Harbor on Tuesday, the Turtle Journal team observed a pair of American oystercatchers foraging the low-tide-drained mudflats. American Oystercatcher &#8220;W5&#8221; in Sippican Harbor With closeup images of one of the pair, we confirmed a &#8220;W5&#8221; band. 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