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 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 »
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 »
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