Pat Ulrich Wildlife Photography Blog

Photographing the wading birds at Bunche Beach Preserve in Florida provided so many unique viewpoints even though I didn't cover much distance. This particular morning the tide was way out wh...

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A little blue heron intently searching the shoreline of a title pool for a meal at Bunche Beach Preserve in Fort Myers, Florida. ----------- Original content by Pat Ulrich published at ht...

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A snowy egret staring intently through the rising tide for prey below the surface at Bunche Beach Preserve in Florida. ----------- Original content by Pat Ulrich published at http://blog....

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This attentive piping plover parent was keeping close watch over its lone chick. It's wonderful to see these birds caring for their young, but a little sad to know that most broods start out ...

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The coordinated flight of shorebirds is always fascinating to watch, often seeming as if they have the movements of single organism. Here, this small flock of dunlin were descending together ...

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I typically go to the North Shore of Massachusetts for my local shorebird photography, but heading south of Boston down to Plymouth can be very rewarding too. A few years ago I was fortunate ...

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As I waited for the flock to approach where I was waiting in the sand, this is one of the first sanderlings to come close. A few minutes later the flock would come zooming by on all sides. ...

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A few years ago I had a wonderful evening spent with a large flock of sanderlings as they settled in to roost along the beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. After the sun dropped b...

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I generally find it hard to work with my camera in a vertical orientation while laying prone in the sand for my low-angle shorebird photography. It leaves my arms and trigger finger in an awk...

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For someone who typically photographs small shorebirds that feed on tiny prey, it was pretty amazing to watch waders pull all kinds of large foods from the warm waters at Bunche Breach Preser...

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The white ibis looks like it should be awkward with that elongated bill, but this one kept a stately posture as it moved back and forth across a tidal pond at Bunch Beach Preserve. Whil...

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It was fun to work some shorebird reflections in the rapidly rising water of this tidal pool at Bunche Beach Preserve in Florida a few years ago. The diversity of prey that the birds pulled f...

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A few years ago I took a winter trip to Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island to celebrate my birthday. I mostly struck out with the shorebirds, but this handsome owl drew quit...

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A sanderling giving a nice view of its wing feathers while it preens on the beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. ----------- Original content by Pat Ulrich published at http://...

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While working the wet sand for some shorebird reflections in the foreground, a second bird taking flight in the background stole the show. ----------- Original content by Pat Ulrich publi...

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I only found a couple of images worth processing from my encounter with red knots back in 2011 . The scaled wing feathers of this individual are still visible, marking it as a juvenile on it'...

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Inspired by my post yesterday of red knots from one of my initial trips to Parker River NWR, I thought I'd share another bird that I found right away in Massachusetts -- the Hudsonian godwit...

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I recently finished reading "The Narrow Edge" by Deborah Cramer which chronicles the migration of red knots across the globe. It was a fantastic view into their life cycle and a pleasure to r...

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Yesterday I posted a photo from my archives of one of my favorite winter traditions while I was living in California , and another was all of the beautiful duck species that over-wintered on ...

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Digging into the archives for a few frames from one of my favorite experiences at the turn of each new year while living in California -- a visit to the breeding colony of elephant seals at A...

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Wishing you all a happy new year and all the best for 2020! ----------- Original content by Pat Ulrich published at http://blog.patulrichphotography.com Visit my galleries at www.patulr...

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A semipalmated sandpiper prowling the remnants of a tidal pool behind the Lot 6 beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. ----------- Original content by Pat Ulrich published at htt...

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The photo above is another one that made my list of 2019 favorites . I love the color tones provided by the warm sunrise light under a high overcast sky, and I'm drawn to the sense of interac...

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While I was compiling my list of 2019 favorites , this one kept catching my eye. I ultimately did not include it, but I liked how it was a classic shorebird pose but in a shallow layer of wat...

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At the end of the year it's always fun to look back through the photographs I've made over the last 12 months. In 2019, the bulk of my work came during the summer, and especially during the t...

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