Wildlife | Robert Welch Photo

Wildlife

A really good wildlife photographer has infinite patience. That’s not me. Still, somtimes opportunity presents itself and I am able to capture some great images. I’ve taken some in my own back yard, through which animals pass fairly regularly. Animals and birds move fast so I’ve found it’s best to have a camera ready in case some show up.

Enjoy them all! These photos are available as high quality fine art prints or for licensing. Comments are always welcome.

young deer

it’s springtime and they are still in their spots

beating wings and ice

I took this shot on a frigid day at the mouth of the Genesee River in Western New York

lazy sheep

photo captured at an English meadow in Suffolk

egret

Louisiana egret hunting in a salt marsh

white ibis feeding

taken at Hilton Head, South Carolina

beach shot of sanderlings taken in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

sanderlings with wave

beach shot taken in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

together

I was patient this time and eventually the egret and the ibis teamed up to hunt together

wild turkeys

a shot of convenience as these birds pecked around on our land

"red fox with bushy tail sitting in the sun in late winter"

red fox sunbathing

the sun must have felt good for this fox, after a long cold winter

Sanderlings on the beach at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

beach bums

Sanderlings on the beach at Hilton Head Island

ruffed grouse in a lane with fallen leaves

grouse on patrol

ruffed grouse in a lane with fallen leaves

monkey and berries

squirrel monkey in Costa Rica

ripples

an oldsquaw duck swims in sun-splashed water

mallard blastoff

ducks take off from a pond in Webster, NY

monarchs in the blossoms

these plants were full of monarch butterflies

seagull a rocky Pacific shore at golden hour

gull on the rocks

seagull a rocky Pacific shore at golden hour

"red fox with bushy tail running across snow in late winter"

red fox running

this was taken in my yard during March (note the bushy winter tail)

flexible swans

image captured at a bay near Lake Ontario, in New York

blue morpho

shot in San Jose, Coata Rica

rock in the woods

the chipmunk is clearly not big game, but an interesting little creature all the same

mute swans on ice

these birds aren’t native to Western NY but there are plenty around

gulls in winter

taken at the mouth of the Genesee River, during January

iguana in tree

natural camouflage

loon liftoff

a loon starts the takeoff in the Irondequoit Bay channel

"daytime photo of a whitetail deer near a trail in a meadow with trees, bushes and reeds"

deer in camouflage

daytime photo of a whitetail deer near a trail in a meadow

male rose breasted grosbeak eating berries

Rose Breasted Grosbeak feeding

male rose breasted grosbeak eating berries

male goldfinch on a dogwood branch

male goldfinch

male goldfinch on a dogwood branch

female Redwing Blackbird perched on cattails in a marsh

Redwing Blackbird female

female Redwing Blackbird perched on cattails

a rare white deer in a soybean field

very rare white deer

a rare white deer in a NY soybean field

beautiful male Rose Breasted Grosbeak on a branch

Rose Breasted Grosbeak perching

beautiful male Rose Breasted Grosbeak on a branch

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