Last year Louise & I spent many hours “stalking” Whimbrels (Numenius phaseopus) while we were in Churchill, Manitoba and had a fantastic adventure. One of my Whimbrel images from that adventure is below…. Now, in Florida, shooting shorebirds, wading birds and the occasional diurnal raptor we come face to face with one of Whimbrel’s cousins. […]
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Mar 02, 2014 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Wildlife | Tags: (Numenicus americanus), available for licensed use, bird, canvas gallery wrap for sale, fine art print for sale, Florida, Fort DeSoto County Park, Lexar Professional 32GB 1000X Digital Film, Long-billed Curlew, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon, Nikon D4, Pinellas County, Richard King Photography, RRS Ball-head, RRS gimbal head, Shorebird, Skimmer Ground Pod II, USA, Wildlife bird photography, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
Well, actually it is not that far North, Southern Ontario, but it is January, it has snowed, it is -16C with a 40 kph wind blowing – it certainly feels like the frozen North. I am on a workshop to shoot Snowy Owls. This winter there is a very large over-population of Snowy Owls and […]
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Feb 18, 2014 | Categories:Uncategorized | Tags: (Bubo scandicaus), available for licensed use, bird, Canada, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Casselman, fine art print for sale, Lexar Professional 32GB 1000X Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, Nikon D4, ON, Ontrio, Raptor, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, snow scene, Snowy Owl, Snowy Owl (Bubo scandicus) hunting, Sorel boots, USA, Wildlife bird photography, wildlife photography, winter, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 6 Comments »
As you may recall from earlier posts, it was quite a journey to get to Churchill, Manitoba, just below the Arctic Circle. It took two days to fly there, one day to Winnipeg (Manitoba’s Capital) and another day to Churchill (the train from Winnipeg takes 2 days!) and the same to return. When I got […]
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Jan 12, 2014 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Wildlife | Tags: adult breeding plumage, Adult non-breeding plumage, available for licensed use, bird, Canada, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Churchill, fine art print for sale, Limnodromus griseus, Manitoba, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4, Really Right Stuff Gimbal Head, Really Right Stuff Tripod, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Shorebird, Short-billed Dowitcher, The Churchill River, The Hudson Bay, tundra marsh, Wildlife bird photography, wildlife photographic images for sale, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | Leave A Comment »
A group of Stilt Sandpipers at dusk in the Tundra Marshes of Churchill, Manitoba on the Hudson Bay. They are happily milling around, preening but not looking for food – it is the end of the day, time for bed … I am stealthily taking their photographs, because as a photographer while I am edging […]
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Sep 06, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Wildlife | Tags: (Calidris himantopus), available for licensed use, bird, Cabella hip boots, Canada, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Churchill, dusk, fine art print for sale, Flock of Stilt Sandpipers suddenly flush and take off, Golden Hour, Manitoba, MB, nature photography, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Shorebird, shorebird in adult breeding plumage, Stilt Sandpiper, The Hudson Bay, twilight, twilight in the Tundra marshes, Waterscape, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
An image of a group of birds all heading in the same direction – hunting for sustenance in the Far North during their breeding season. But, can you spot the “odd man out”? I am not sure why, but I am always thrilled when I can get a shot with more than one species together […]
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Sep 04, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tags: (Calidris himantopus), (Tringa malanoleuca), adult breeding plumage, available for licensed use, bird, Cabella hip boots, Canada, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Churchill, fine art print for sale, Greater Yellowlegs, Hudson Bay, landscape, Manitoba, MB, migrating shorebird, nature images, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Shorebird, Stilt Sandpiper, tundra marsh, Waterscape, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
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 »
Yes a great deal of the shorebirds that we see during our summer vacations and all winter long fly thousands of miles to the tundra in order to mate and breed. Part of this process is the courtship of the males and females to choose their partners and then nest and mate. One of my […]
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Jun 12, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Wildlife | Tags: available for licensed use, bird, breeding, Canada, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Churchill, color photographic image, fine art print for sale, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, MB, migrating shorebird, nesting, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon, Nikon D4, Numenius phaeopus, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Shorebird, shorebirds in breeding plumage, summer plumage, tundra marsh, Whimbrel, Wildlife, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
Yes, I am still here in Churchill, Manitoba. Although the workshop concluded on Sunday morning I am here putting my lessons into practice. One of the pre-requisites for the workshop was a pair of “Hip-Boots”. Something I had never heard of, but a quick search on the internet showed me what I had to get […]
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Jun 05, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Shorebirds, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tags: American Golden Plover, available for licensed use, Boreal Forrest, Canada, canvas gallery wrap for sale, Churchill, color photographic image, fine art print for sale, Limnodromus griseus, Manitoba, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikon, Nikon D4, Numenius phaeopus, Pluvialis dominica, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, shorebirds in breeding plumage, Short-billed Dowitcher, summer plumage, tundra marsh, Whimbrel, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 2 Comments »
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 »
I am on a Moose Peterson workshop in Churchill, Manitoba to photograph the nesting migrating birds. Why? Because most of the shorebirds display dramatically different plumage when mating and these images can only be caught here! So we are on our second day and I wanted to share with you come of the images from […]
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May 28, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wildlife | Tags: available for licensed use, Birding, Boreal Forrest, Canada, canvas gallery wraps for sale, Chararius semipalmatus, Churchill, fine art print for sale, Horned Grebe, Hudson Bay, Hudsonian Godwit, Lagopus lagopus, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Limosa lapponica, Manitoba, Nesting migrating birds, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon, Nikon D4, Prodiceps auritus, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Semipalmated Plover, Shorebird, Tundra, Upland Game Bird, wildlife photographic images, wildlife photographic images for sale, Willow Ptarmigan, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 1 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 »
I just love to watch dramatic skies – and there are many of those here in Florida. This one was taken during the “Sun ‘n Fun” Airshow. The weather wasn’t too kind and some displays were cancelled and others modified to suit the weather and the ceiling. But it was a great airshow none the […]
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Apr 21, 2013 | Categories:Cloudscapes, Color Images, Landscapes | Tags: canvas gallery wrap for sale, cloudscape, drama, dramatic sky, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, god beams, Lakeland, landscape, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, stormy clouds, sunbeams, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
I made a return visit to Pinecraft Park in Sarasota to show Louise the Barred Owls and the Pileated Woodpeckers. However, on this visit I could only shoot the juveniles. We did see an adult Barred Owl, but it was right against the trunk of a tree and completely obscured by branches and leaves. But […]
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Apr 21, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Owls, Wildlife | Tags: Barred Owl, birds, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic image, Dryocopus pileatus, fine art print for sale, FL, fledgelings, Florida, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nest in tree, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon, Nikon D4, owlets, Pinecraft Park, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Sarasota, Strix varia, USA, Wildlife, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com, young Pileated Woodpeckers | Leave A Comment »
Recently, was it really only yesterday, I had my first encounter with a Pileated Woodpecker and that was fantastic. Today I was heading for The Celery Fields near Saratoga (well in the last ten days I had been to two different Lettuce Lakes – perhaps there is a salad theme here?) having had the best […]
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Apr 11, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Owls, Raptors, Wildlife | Tags: available for licensed use, Barred Owl; Strix varia; owlets; fledgelings; Pinecraft Park, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic image, Dryocopus pileatus, feeding time, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nest in tree; young Pileated Woodpeckers, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e II, Nikkor TC-17e II, Nikon, Nikon D4, Photography, Pileated Woodpecker, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Sarasota, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
I always rise early so that I can shoot in the sweet light of the morning. At The Rookery the sun rises behind you as you are lining up on the wildlife which is just perfect. Today was a GREAT day for me – I saw (and shot) my first Pileated Woodpecker. What a treat, […]
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Apr 10, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: Ardea albus, available for licensed use, canvas gallery wrap for sale, color photographic image, colour photograph, Dryocopus pileatus, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Great Egre, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17e II, Nikon, Nikon D4, Pileated Woodpecker, Rerddish Egret; Egretta rufescenes, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, The Venice Rookery, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | 2 Comments »
Visiting The Rookery at Venice again there is this Great Egret nest on the edge of the “island” in full view. For the first time I saw Great Egret chicks – how startlingly strange they look with their green skin an white “punk” plumage around their head and necks. And those big eyes, which when […]
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Apr 09, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: (Ardea alba), Adult Great Egret on nest with two chicks, birds, canvas gallery wrap for sale, colour photographic image, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Great Egret, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, nature photography, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikon, Nikon D4, photograph, Photography, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, The Venice Rookery, USA, wading birds, Wildlife, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
All good images have their anchor points which give you the context for the whole image. However, I am at the TICO Warbird Airshow, the air show flying hasn’t started yet, but there is a magnificent Florida Sky! I call them Florida skies because I have only seen them in Florida, there appears to be […]
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Apr 08, 2013 | Categories:Aviation Photography, Black and White Images, Color Images, Warbirds | Tags: AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter, amazing sky, bright sunlight, canvas gallery wrap for sale, cloudscape, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, god beams, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 70mm-200mm f/2.8G ED VRII, Nikon, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, Titusville, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
This morning at The Rookery in Venice, Florida, a Tricolored Heron entertained me for quite a time as it edged its way around the banks of the pond looking for its breakfast. Its gorgeous blue beak and it richly coloured plumage caught my attention so I was captivated and watched it as it patiently worked […]
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Apr 03, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Wading Birds, Wildlife | Tags: blue beak, canvas gallery wrap for sale, color photographic print, Egretta tricolor; wading bird, fine art print for sale, FL, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-14e III, Nikon D4, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, Tricolored Heron, USA, wildlife photography; The Rookery Venice Florida, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
Yesterday morning I went back to Honeymoon Island State Park. Mainly because I had heard the day before that there was a pair of Great Horned Owls that had two chicks that had fledged – AND also I had such a great day there on Saturday. On Saturday I had spent some time moving slowly […]
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Apr 01, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Owls, Raptors, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tags: Bald Eagle, Bald Eagle chicks, bird, Bubo virginianus, canvas gallery wrap for sale, fine art print for sale, FL, Florida, Great Horned Owl, Great Horned Owl Chicks, Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Honeymoon Island State Park, Lexar Professional 32GB 600X Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon D4, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, photograph, photographic image, Raptor, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS tripod, USA, Wildlife, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
Today I visited Honeymoon Island State Park (by myself!!) for the first time. Not knowing what to expect I went directly to the Nature Centre and got some excellent advice on where to go. So I headed straight for the 3.5 mile nature walk. Parked, set up “bigger” with a 2x on my D4 and […]
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Mar 30, 2013 | Categories:Birds, Color Images, Raptors, Wildlife | Tags: Audibon, Bald Eagle, Bald Eagle chicks, bird of prey, canvas gallery wraps for sale, color photographic image, Falco columbarius, fine art prints for sale, FL, Florida, Gulf Coast; Gulf of Mexico; Nature; Wildlife; birds; raptors; Merlin, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Honeymoon Island State Park, National Bird of the United States of America, nests, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-20e III, Nikon D4, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, photograph, Photography, Richard King Photogrpahy, USA, www.richardkingphoto.com, www.warplaneimages.com | Leave A Comment »
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