American Oystercatcher

I'd just finished photographing a group of Magellanic Oystercatchers when this bird went streaking passed my position. I reflexively raised my lens, squared the target, and pressed the shutter thinking I was about to score a sweet Magellanic flight shot. Only after I returned home and looked at the file on the computer did I realize I'd captured a the more-widespread American! A bit of let-down as I have lots of shots of this species from the Eastern US, but I was happy with the result regardless.

Punta Arenas, Magallanes, Chile, 1/3/22
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS R5
1/4000 at f/5.6, ISO 500
***watermarked as 2021 since the Chile trip was almost entirely in 2021