The Short-billed Dowitcher (Linodromus griseus) has a way with the girls during breeding season. He flies thousands of miles north, to the Tundra and puts on his breeding plumage. The plumage is highlighted by a bright orange (rufous) foreneck and breast. This is irresistible to the females – the purpose of the exercise. Then after […]
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Aug 31, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tags: (Linodromus griseus), adult breeding plumage, available for licensed use, bird, Canada, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Churchill, fine art print for sale, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, MB, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Shorebird, shorebird images, Short-billed Dowitcher, tundra marsh, wildlife photography, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
It is past 9:00 pm, there is no hint of sunset, but we are into the sweet light of the day, referred to by most as “golden hour”. I have been out since 6:00 am, just after sunrise, as there isn’t much night this far North – just south of the Arctic Circle – in […]
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Aug 26, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Wildlife | Tags: (Tringa melanoleuca), adult breeding plumage, available for licensed use, bird, Canada, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Churchill, evening, fine art print for sale, Golden Hour, Greater Yellowlegs, Hudson Bay, landscape, Lexar Professional 32GB 1000X Digital Film, Manitoba, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Shorebird, Waterscape, Wildlife bird photography, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com, Yellowlegs taking a bath in the Tundra marsh | Leave A Comment »
At first I easily mistook this bird for another Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa malanoleuca), as there head been several around. However, this bird was working the marsh for food by itself. A quick consultation with Sibley’s pointed me to the Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitarius). Apparently it is often mistaken for a Greater Yellowlegs but is described […]
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Aug 23, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Wildlife | Tags: (Tringa solitarius), adult breeding plumage, Canada, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Churchill, fine art print for sale, Hudson Bay, Lexar Professional 32GB 1000X Digital Film, Manitoba, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Shorebird, Solitary Snadpiper, tundra marsh, wildlife photographic images, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
Week 1 in Churchill, Manitoba we had seen a pair of Parasitic Jaegers (Stercorarius parasiticus), on one of the areas of Tundra marsh from a distance, while driving by looking for suitable bird shoots. Week 2 and one of the objectives I set myself, was to get some good shots of these birds. So with […]
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Aug 06, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wildlife | Tags: available for licensed use, Birding, Cabella hip boots, Canada, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Churchill, fine art print for sale, Hudson Bay, Lexar Professional 32GB 1000X Digital Film, Manitoba, near Arctic Circle, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17e II, Nikon D4, Parasitic Jaeger pair, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Stercorarius parasiticus, tundra marsh, wildlife photography, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
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