The first time I saw an American Dipper was in November 2014. I was on a Bald Eagle workshop with Moose Peterson in Haines, Alaska. It was a very dull and dark day and I saw this tiny (compared to Bald Eagles) quickly working along the river bank. I asked what it was and Moose […]
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Jun 01, 2024 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wildlife | Tags: #NikkorZ100400VRS, #NikonLove, #nikonnofilter, #NikonZ9, #ZCreators, (Cinclus mexicanus), @Service.Photo, american dipper, Birding, Jemez Springs, New Mexico, Nikkor Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, Nikkor Z TC-1.4*, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon Z 9, Richard King Photography, wildlife photography, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 2 Comments »
Spring Bird Migration USA 06 There are three types of “Black-throated” Warblers: Green, Blue and Gray. The colour in the name refers to the colour of the plumage on the top of the head and down the back. The Black-throated Green Warbler is olive-green, white below, with yellow faces and black on the front. Adult […]
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May 31, 2024 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Spring Bird Migration, Warblers, Wildlife | Tags: #BlackthroatedGreen #Warbler #Setophagavirens, #MageeMarsh, #NikkorZ100400VRS, #NikkorZ800, #NikonLove, #nikonnofilter, #NikonZ9, #ZCreators, (Setophaga virens), Black-throated Green Warbler, Magee Marsh, Nikkor Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S, Nikkor Z TC-1.4*, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon Z 9, Ohio, Richard King Photography, RRS Monopod, Spring Bird Migration USA, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
Spring Bird Migration USA 05 The Black-and-White Warbler is easily distinguished from other warblers by the way it moves on the limbs and branches of trees. It scurries, climbs up and descends along the branches looking for insects to eat. Very often they can be seen hanging upside down on a branch in their search […]
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May 26, 2024 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Spring Bird Migration, Warblers | Tags: #NikkorZ100400VRS, #NikonLove, #nikonnofilter, #NikonZ9, #ZCreators, (Mniotilta varia), @Service.Photo, Black-and-White Warbler, Magee Marsh, Nikkor Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, Nikkor Z TC-1.4*, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon Z 9, OH, Richard King Photography, Spring Bird Migration USA, USA, Warblers, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
Spring Bird Migration USA The Cape May Warbler, while being one of the species passing through Magee Marsh, was the most evasive. There was very limited visibility of the male Cape May Warbler, dodging around non-stop making it extremely hard to get a picture (but, of course that is his job!). However, on my penultimate […]
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May 23, 2024 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Spring Bird Migration, Warblers | Tags: #MageeMarsh, #NikonLove, #nikonnofilter, #Setophagatigrina, #ZCreators, (Setophaga tigrina), Cape May Warbler, Magee Marsh, Nikkor Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S, Nikkor Z TC-1.4*, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon Z 9, OH, Richard King Photography, RRS Monopod, Spring Bird Migration USA, USA, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
Spring Bird Migration USA 04 The Magnolia Warbler has a distinctive black neckband with black streaks that radiate from the neckband giving the impression of a jeweled necklace. The Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) is often confused with the Magnolia as it also has the jeweled necklace, but the Magnolia has other black streaks along its […]
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May 21, 2024 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Spring Bird Migration, Warblers | Tags: (Setophaga magnolia), Magee Marsh, Magnolia Warbler, Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon Z 9, Spring Bird Migration USA, USA, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
Spring Bird Migration USA 03 This visit to Maggee Marsh Wildlife Area in Ohio is the first time that I have seen the Prothonotary Warbler. It is quite different from most other Warblers to look at as it does not have a distinctive cap or stripes along the body. Yes it does have a distinctive […]
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May 16, 2024 | Categories:Birds, Spring Bird Migration, Warblers, Wildlife | Tags: #MaggeeMarsh, #NikkorZ100400VRS, #NikonLove, #nikonnofilter, #NikonZ9, #ProthonotaryWarbler #Protonotariacitrea, #SpringBirdMigration, #ZCreators, (Protonotaris citrea), Maggee Marsh Wildlife Area, Nikkor Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, Nikkor Z TC-1.4*, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon Z 9, OH, Prothonotary Warbler, Richard King Photography, Spring Bird Migration USA, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 1 Comment »
Spring Bird Migration USA 01 I posted this on Instagram the other day hoping it would also post here and on Facebook. No such luck! A first visit to the marshes on the southern side of Lake Erie in northern Ohio. The mission is to photograph the migration of warblers as they rest a little […]
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May 12, 2024 | Categories:Birds, Spring Bird Migration, Warblers, Wildlife | Tags: #NikkorTC14, #NikkorZ100400VRS, #NikonZ9, #Setophagapetechia, #SpringBirdMigration, #YellowWarbler, (Setophaga petechia), Nikkor Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, Nikkor Z TC-1.4*, NikkorZ100-400, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon Z 9, OH, Ottawa NWR, Richard King Photography, richardkingphoto.com, Spring bird migration, Spring Bird Migration USA, USA, www.mothernatureimages.com, Yellow Warbler | 1 Comment »
Spring Bird Migration As the week at the Marshes on the Southern Shore of Lake Erie in Ohio progresses, this very distinctive bird call was teasing me. The call was from a Warbling Vireo, I could get a sense of direction, but could not find it. The trees are in full leaf and I think […]
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May 12, 2024 | Categories:Birds, Wildlife | Tags: (Vireo gilvus), Lake Erie, Maggee Marsh Wildlife Area, Nikkor Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon Z 9, Oak Harbor, OH, Ohio, Richard King Photography, Spring bird migration, USA, Warbling Vireo, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
We had heard that there was a Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii) at San Pedro House in Arizona. So as we had never seen this Screech Owl, we headed to the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area near Sierra Vista in Southern Arizona. Our friends Michelle and Dennis had shown us a phone picture of the […]
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Jan 31, 2021 | Categories:Birds, Wildlife | Tags: Arizona, AZ, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikkor TC-20 EIII, Nikon ATZ Adaptor, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon MB-D11, Nikon Z6 ii, Richard King Photography, RRS Full Gimbal Head, RRS TVC-34L Tripod, San Pedro House, San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Sony Digital Film, Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii), Wildlife bird photography, www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 1 Comment »
Visiting Custer State Park in South Dakota. One of the best wildlife parks to visit. It has everything from the great old male Buffalo to some of the tiniest birds. A good place for birds is in the airport area. The fenceposts are very popular. Traveling around the Wildlife Loop Road this family of Mountain […]
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Jun 27, 2020 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wildlife | Tags: Adult female feeding fledgelings, Custer State Park Airport Area, fine art prints for sale, images available to license, Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides), Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon D500, Nikon GP-1, Richard King Photography, RRS Full Gimbal Head, RRS TVC-34L Tripod, SD, Sony Digital Film, South Dakota, USA, Wildlife bird photography, Wildlife Loop, wildlife photographic images for sale, www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 3 Comments »
One of the great opportunities when visiting Newfoundland in Canada is to go to Elliston on the east coast and see the nesting Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) colony. We were there very early in the Season and these cute little birds were just arriving for their 3 months of the year on land to breed. […]
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Sep 29, 2019 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wildlife | Tags: Alcids, Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle), Canada, Elliston, Lexar Digital Film, Newfoundland, NF, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon D4S, Nikon GP-1, Richard King Photography, RRS Full Gimbal Head, RRS TVC-34L Tripod, Wildlife bird photography, www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 6 Comments »
Are you superstitious? Frankly I am not, but when it comes to Wildlife Photography, we had been skunked a lot lately. We had a whale watching tour from Forillon National Park and saw no whales. The operator had the policy that if you don’t see any whales and you are still in the area you […]
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Sep 26, 2019 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Wildlife | Tags: American Black Duck (Anas rubripe), Birding, Canada, Ducks, Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca), Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), QC, Quebec, Richard King Photography, shorebirds, wildlife photography, Wilsons Snipe (Gallinago delicata), www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 1 Comment »
Here are some photographs of new birds for my list so far this year. They have been shot exclusively in Texas and Southern Arizona. There are many beautiful areas and wildlife preserves down here and it is my delight to make the most of them when I can. These images were shot in the following […]
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Mar 02, 2019 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wildlife | Tags: Arizona, AZ, Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus), Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata), Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cyanthus latirostris), Cardinals and their Allies, Cassin's Vireo (Vireo cassinii), Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi), Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii), Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri), Edinburg Scenic Wetlands, Emberizine Sparrows and their Allies, Finches and Old World Sparrows, Gils Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis), Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus maxicanus), Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryl americana), Hummingbirds, Icterids, images available to license, Laguna Atascosa NWR, Lesser Goldfinch (Spinius psaltria), Lexar Digital Film, Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon D4S, Nikon GP-1, Patagonia Lake State Park, Pelicaniformes, Photographic images for sale, Pine Siskin (Spinius pinus), Quinta Mazatlan, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS L-plate for D4s, RRS TVC-34L Tripod, Ruus-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps), Tanagers, Texas, Thrushes, TX, Tyrant Flycatchers, Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicanus), Wildlife bird photography, Woodpeckers, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 2 Comments »
Earlier this year was my first encounter with Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) at Mono Lake in the Californian Eastern Sierras. They were just arriving and the guide books said that there would be so many that you could walk on them to the other side of the lake! However, when visiting Saskatoon Lake Provincial Park […]
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Aug 22, 2018 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Grebes, Wildlife | Tags: #Eared Grebe, #wildlifephotography, AB, Alberta, Canada, Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) feeding its young, Lexar Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon, Nikon D4S, Richard King Photography, RRS Full Gimbal Head, RRS TVC-34L Tripod, Saskatoon Lake Provincial Park, www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 2 Comments »
…..for me. What makes “Great” day in your wildlife photography? Do tell me. I really enjoy photographing wildlife. Moving to Nikon cameras from my old Hasselblad “V” System camera enabled me to get some long glass. I started with the Nikkor 200.0-400.0mm f/4 lens primarily for birds and warbirds (i.e. anything that flies!), largely inspired […]
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Apr 15, 2018 | Categories:Birds, Wildlife | Tags: Altimera Oriole (Icterus gularis), Annas Hummingbird (calypte anna), Bendire's Thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei), Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii), Black-chinned Sparrow (Spizella atrogularis), Bridled Titmouse (Baeolophus wollweberi), Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca), Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Chiricahua National Monument AZ, Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis), Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre), Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), Forsters Tern (Sterna forsteri), Gambles Quail (Callipepla gambelii), Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis), Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons), GP-1, Gray Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii), Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus), Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas), Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus), Horned Lark (Eromophilia alpestris), Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris), Laguna Madre Bay TX, Lake Patagonia State Park AZ, Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus), Lexar Digital Film, Little Black Mountain Petroglyph Site AZ, Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostome longirostre), Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi), Mono Lake CA, Montezuma Castle National Monument AZ, Nikon 600.0mm f/4 VRII, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon D4S, Nikon TC-17 EII, Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis calata), Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) TX, Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus), Richard King Photography, RRS Full Gimbal Head, RRS TVC-34L Tripod, Rufus-winged Sparrow (Peucaea carpalis), Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus), Santa Ana NWR TX, Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya), South Padre Island TX, Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana), Tombstone Area AZ, Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area AZ, Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps), www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
I just love watching and shooting shorebirds. As regular readers know I even travel to Churchill, Manitoba to shoot the shorebirds in their striking breeding plumage. I have had great fun at Fort DeSoto County Park in Florida – working a Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) when my spotter (Louise) points out a Long-billed Curlew (Numinous […]
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Dec 19, 2017 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Raptors, Shorebirds, Terns & Skimmers, Wildlife | Tags: Birding, Black-bellied Plover (Plurals squatarola), Long-billed Curlew (Numenicus americanus), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Moro Strand State Beach California, Osprey (pandit heliaetus, Raptor, Richard King Photography, Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus), shorebirds, Whimbrel (Numinous phaeopus), wildlife photography, Willet (Tringa semipalmated), www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
My previous blog was about the shorebirds in their gorgeous breeding plumage that make their way to Churchill, Manitoba. But there are plenty of other types of birds and species that travel all the way to Churchill in order to breed. Many of these birds also “dress up” in order to attract a mate! Here […]
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Jul 10, 2017 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Gulls, Terns & Skimmers, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea), Birding, birds in breeding plumage, Birds of Churchill Manitoba, Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephia), Canada, Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Common Loon (Gavia immer), Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus), Hudson Bay, King Eider (Somateria spectabilis), Lexar Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica), Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS Triopd, Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis), The Churchill River, Wildlife bird photography, wildlife photographic images for sale, Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus), www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com, Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) | Leave A Comment »
Story with photographs showing the breeding plumage of several species of shorebirds as they migrate to the sub-arctic North to breed in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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Jun 14, 2017 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Wildlife | Tags: American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica), Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii), Birds of Churchill Manitoba, Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), images available to license, Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), Lexar Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS Triopd, Shorebird Migration, shorebirds in breeding plumage, Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria), Stilt Sandpiper (Caldris himantopus), wildlife photographic images for sale, wildlife photography, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
Photographs of Arctic Terns on an iceberg in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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Jun 09, 2017 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Terns & Skimmers, Wildlife | Tags: Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisal), Boreal Forrest, Canada, Churchill MB, ice berg, Lexar Digital Film, Manitoba, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17e II, Nikon D4S, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS Triopd, The Hudson Bay, Tundra, Wildlife bird photography, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
As the blog from our full-time RVing in North Americas says – serendipity strikes again. We visited Haines in Alaska for images of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) but instead discovered all three species of Scoters (Surf Scoter, Black Scoter and White-winged Scoter) in this feeding frenzy. Oh how I love wildlife photography! Mother Nature is […]
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May 30, 2016 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Video, Wildlife | Tags: AK, Alaska, Birding, Black Scoter (Melanitta americana), Chilkoot Inlet, feeding frenzy, fine art prints for sale, Full-time RVing, Haines, images available to license, Lexar Digital Film, Lutak Inlet, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS Triopd, Scoter Migration, Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), USA, White-winged Scoter (Melanitts fusca), wildlife photography | Leave A Comment »
This is a recent blog from our full-time RVing travels about Wildlife Photography of Bald Eagles in Alaska. Click on the image to go to the blog entry.
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May 23, 2016 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Raptors, Wildlife | Tags: AK, Alaska, Anchor Point, Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), fine art prints for sale, Homer, images available to license, Lexar Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS Triopd, USA, wildlife photography, www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
Plan A Royal Wedding …. These two love birds were parading around completely oblivious to what was going on around them. However, it was “Not tonight Josephine”! Gear: Nikon D4S, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, RRS Tripod, RRS Gimbal Head, Lexar Digital Film
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Jan 11, 2016 | Categories:Birds, Terns & Skimmers, Wildlife | Tags: bird photography, Fort DeSoto County Park, Lexar Digital Film, mating ritual, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Richard King Photography, Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus), RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, shorebird in adult breeding plumage, wildlife photographic images, wildlife photography, www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com/blog | Leave A Comment »
We are at the Dealership for “Tigger”, our 40′ diesel pusher motor home and one of the managers tells me that they had just finished clearing the pond and there is a couple of “nice ducks” on the water. So I head round there with my gear, but they are a pair of standard Mallards. However […]
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Mar 29, 2015 | Categories:Birds, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: FL, Florida, Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Great Blue Heron eating a Frog, Lexar Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20 EIII, Nikon D4S, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS Triopd, wading birds, wildlife photography, Wildlife video, Wildwood, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com/blog | Leave A Comment »
When you wake up…… Preen A Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) preening
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Mar 22, 2015 | Categories:Birds, Shorebirds, Terns & Skimmers, Wildlife | Tags: Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), FL, Florida, Fort DeSoto County Park, Lexar Digital Film, Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Pinellas County, Richard King Photography, Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus), RRS Ball-head, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Skimmer Ground Pod II, Tampa, USA, Wildlife bird photography, Wildlife video, www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com/blog | Leave A Comment »
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