The change in plumage of the shorebirds and the distance they migrate in order to mate is mind-blowing. Most of them gather here in Churchill in the very north of Manitoba, Canada which is sited on the Hudson Bay. The plumage change is most significant in the male birds as it is their way of […]
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May 31, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Wildlife | Tags: American Golden Plover, available for licensed use, breeding plumage, Canada, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Chardrius vociferus, Churchill, colour photographic image, fine art print for sale, Hudson Bay, Killdeer, Lexar Professional 32GB 1000X Digital Film, Manitoba, migratory birds for breeding, nature, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon D4, Pluvialis dominica, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, shorebirds, wildlife photography, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
Yes indeed the Burrowing Owl digs its own burrow in which to lay and hatch its young! In Cape Coral, Florida you are told to look for vacant building lots to search for Burrowing Owls (Athene Caunicularia). This proves the Owls are a wise as legend has, because in Cape Coral their habitats are protected […]
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Apr 28, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Owls, Raptors, Wildlife | Tags: Athene caunicularia, bird, burrow, Burrowing Owl, Cape Coral, color photographic image, FL, fledgeling, Florida, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nature, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon, Nikon D4, Owl, perch, protected habitat, Raptor, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, USA, wildlife photography, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
Spending hours at The Venice Rookery on my new project, bird photography, I get the chance just to watch and observe different behaviours. One that started to get my attention was the different way some of the nesting birds fed their young. A Great Blue Heron with one chick arrives on the tops of the […]
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Apr 26, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: (Ardea herodias), adult birds feeding their young, Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga, birds, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic image, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Great Blue Heron, Gulf Coast, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nature, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17e II, Nikon D4, Photography, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, The Venice Rookery, USA, Venice, wading birds, Wildlife, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
This is my first visit to Fort DeSoto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. So this is really only day 3 of my new project – shooting wildlife, in particular birds. It is at last warm (last week on the East side of Florida it was very cold and windy) with a pleasant breeze taking […]
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Mar 29, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wildlife | Tags: bird, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Double-crested Cormorant, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Fort DeSoto County Park, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nature, nest, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14 EIII, Nikon D4, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Phalacrocorax auritus, photograph, photographic image, Pinellas County, Raptor, Richard King Photography, USA, Wildlife | Leave A Comment »