Wildlife and Nature Photography 

And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky"

- Genesis 1:20

Wading Birds and Kingfishers

 
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Belted Kingfisher—Waukesha, Wisconsin
I spotted this Belted Kingfisher while driving out of town.  It was perched near a small pond, but too far away for a good shot.  These are cropped quite a bit
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
(Left Picture) 1/500sec f9.0 at 400mm iso-200
 October 11, 2009 3:21-3:24pm
 
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Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin
Black-Crowned Night Heron
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/320sec f6.3 at 400mm iso-200
 July 28, 2009 4:09pm
 
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Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin
Great Egret with American Coots in the background
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640sec f9.0 at 400mm iso-200
 July 28, 2009 4:05pm
 
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Town of Waukesha, Wisconsin
A Great Blue Heron, near a stream where I used to fish as a kid
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/250sec f6.3 at 400mm iso-100
 June 26, 2009 9:34am
 
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Horicon, Wisconsin
Great Blue Heron, with nest material
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500sec f10.0 at 130mm iso-200
 April 11, 2009 10:02am
 
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White Ibis—Disney World—Lake Buena Vista, Florida
A White Ibis coming in for a landing at one of the lagoons in Disney World
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
1/250sec f5.6 at 70mm iso-200
March 1, 2009 2:01pm

 
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Little Blue Heron—Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A Little Blue Heron was wading near the Kennedy Space Center
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500sec f8.0 at 400mm iso-200
 February 26, 2009 9:47am
 
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JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes—Orlando, Florida
A juvenile Great Blue Heron (I shot this while standing on a bridge, as this heron was wading close by)
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/200s f/5.6 at 105mm iso-200
 September 24, 2008 9:34am
 
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Grande Lake—Orlando, Florida
Little Blue Heron
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400s f/6.3 at 220mm iso-200
 September 24, 2008 9:20am
 
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Orvis Casting Pond—Grande Lake—Orlando, Florida
Snowy Egret looking for breakfast
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640s f/9.0 at 400mm iso-200
 September 24, 2008 9:17am
 
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The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club®—Orlando, Florida
Wood Stork wading in the lake between the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club®
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/320s f/6.3 at 400mm iso-200
 September 24, 2008 9:07am
 
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Orvis Casting Pond—Grande Lake—Orlando, Florida
Great Egret, with reflection, in a lagoon on the JW Marriott, Orlando, Hotel property
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400s f/7.0 at 285mm iso-200
 September 24, 2008 8:30am
 
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The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club®—Orlando, Florida
This Great Egret was standing on some bushes near the golf club's parking lot
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1000s f/11.0 at 310mm iso-800
 September 21, 2008 5:16pm
 
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The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club®—Orlando, Florida
Great Blue Heron
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640s f/9.0 at 400mm iso-800
 September 21, 2008 4:59pm
 
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 JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes—Orlando, Florida
White Ibis in the small lake between the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club®
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/800s f/11.0 at 400mm iso-800
 September 21, 2008 4:57pm
 
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JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes—Orlando, Florida
A Little Blue Heron
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/200s f/5.6 at 170mm iso-200
 September 21, 2008 8:55am
 
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JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes—Orlando, Florida
I saw a few of these Limkins, this one in flight, but others were wading and catching clams
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/640s f/9.0 at 275mm iso-800
 September 21, 2008 4:58pm
 
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Great Egret—Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin
I found this Egret, and a number of other ones, off Hwy 28, South East of the marsh
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/320s f/5.6 at 300mm iso-100
 September 5, 2008 1:22pm
 
Copyright © 2008, John D. Hillmer, All Rights Reserved Green Heron—Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin
It was hard to get close to the Green Herons.  I was quietly hiking the trails through the marsh, and these birds would pop-up and take off well before I was close to them
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400s f/7.1 at 400mm iso-100
 September 5, 2008 11:56am
 
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Down-Town Waukesha, Wisconsin
I was down-town Waukesha at the Fox River, surveying the recent flooding, and this Great Blue Heron flew over!  A very strange site (Waukesha is not huge, but still, a heron in the down-town area was odd)
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/400s f/7.1 at 400mm iso-100
June 11, 2008 4:58pm
 
Copyright © 2007, John D. Hillmer, All Rights Reserved Moose-Wilson Road—Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
This could be the same Great Blue Heron as the one below as it was seen a few days after we found the other one while looking for moose, on Moose-Wilson Road
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/800s f/10.0 at 310mm iso-1600
June 21, 2007 8:12am
 
Copyright © 2007, John D. Hillmer, All Rights Reserved Moose-Wilson Road—Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
While driving back and forth on Moose-Wilson Road, looking for moose, and we did find some, we also came across this Great Blue Heron
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/500s f/8.0 at 400mm iso-1000
June 18, 2007 6:16pm
 
Copyright © 2006, John D. Hillmer, All Rights Reserved Green Heron—Big Trade Lake, Burnett County, Wisconsin
Taken during a pilgrimage to the lakes where my Grandparents had their home many years ago. Taken near the channel that connects Big Trade Lake to Little Trade Lake (I startled this heron when I was shooting some swamp pictures)
Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
1/250sec f8.0 at 135mm iso-400
September 3, 2006 3:39pm

 

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