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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Have a Snooze Gear: Nikon D4s, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Lexar Digital Film. For the close-ups mounted on Skimmer Ground Pod II with RRS Ball-head, for the others mounted on RRS Tripod and RRS Gimbal Head
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Mar 06, 2015 | Categories:Birds, Shorebirds, Terns & Skimmers, Wildlife | Tags: Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), FL, Florida, Fort DeSoto County Park, Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa malanoleuca), Lexar Digital Film, 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 Triopd, shorebirds, Skimmer Ground Pod II, Skimmers, Tampa, Terns, USA, Wildlife bird photography, www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com/blog | Leave A Comment »
Take A Bath Gear: Nikon D4s, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Lexar Digital Film. For the close-ups mounted on Skimmer Ground Pod II with RRS Ball-head, for the others mounted on RRS Tripod and RRS Gimbal Head
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Feb 27, 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), Nature Videos, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Pinellas County, Richard King Photography, RRS Ball-head, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Skimmer Ground Pod II, Taking a Bath, USA, Willet (Tringa semipalmated), www.fulltimervingwiththekings.com, www.mothernatureimages.com | 2 Comments »
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