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 »
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 »
While in Yellowstone National Park, I had stopped to work a pair of Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) and noticed a group of cars pulled off the road just up the hill – probably bear! Having finished with the swans, I decided to walk up to the other cars to see what was going on. As […]
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Jul 29, 2018 | Categories:Bears, Color Images, Favourite Locations, Mammals, Wildlife, Yellowstone National Park | Tags: Grizzly Bear Boar (Ursus arctos), Lexar Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon Camera Systems, Nikon D4S, RRS Full Gimbal Head, RRS TVC-34L Tripod, snow, USA, wildlife photography, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com, WY, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park | 8 Comments »
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 »
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 »
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 »
This was my first “long exposure” (pun intended) to photographing gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), especially since I started wildlife photography a couple of years ago. While this is not their natural jungle environment this enclosure at San Diego Wildlife Park seemed to work well for the gorillas. We just stood and watched them for a while […]
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Jan 11, 2016 | Categories:Color Images, Mammals, Wildlife | Tags: available for licensed use, baby gorilla, CA California, feeding time for gorillas, fine art print for sale, Gorilla photography; (Gorilla gorilla), mammals, Nikkor 80mm-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VRIII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, primates, San Diego California, San Diego Safari Park, silverback gorilla, USA, wildlife photography, www.mothernatureimages.com, www.richardkingphoto.com | 3 Comments »
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 were visiting The Black Hills of South Dakota and fell in love with the scenery and especially the Wildlife Loop. We also really liked Custer, the town and could envisage settling there eventually (as long as the Winters are not too L o n g ). While in the area we had enjoyed seeing […]
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Sep 29, 2015 | Categories:Bison, Color Images, Mammals, Video, Wildlife | Tags: 50th Annual Buffalo Round Up, American Bison (Bison bison), Buffalo, Custer, Custer State Park, fine art prints for sale, Images available for licensing, large herd of buffalo, Lexar Digital Film, Nikkor 600mm f/4 VRII, Nikkor TC-17 EII, Nikon D4S, Richard King Photography, RRS gimbal head, RRS Triopd, SD, South Dakota, USA, wildlife photography, www.mothernatureimages.com | 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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