Most of these photos were taken over the past three years in Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Florida. This includes some landscape and scenery galleries. But this site is primarily about birds. Also check my related nature site http://krcarver.com or my Flickr site.

Up-close bird photos reveal details not apparent to the naked eye. This includes habitat, plumage patterns, feather details, feeding habits, size, shape, color, etc. The views with a long focal length high quality telephoto lens plus the marvels of digital cameras, software and the Internet help bring the fascinating world of birds to the computer screen of anyone with online access and interest.

Many of these bird photos were taken in the summers of 2007 - 2009 at several midcoast Maine locations: Damariscotta Lake, Weskeag Marsh, Scarborough Marsh and Matinicus Rock in the Gulf of Maine. Weskeag is near Rockland and Scarborough is just south of Portland. Additional photos were taken in November 2007 at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge near Socorrro, New Mexico, and in March-May 2008, and January-February in western Massachusetts. And in February 2009 I spent a week photographing wading birds, shorebirds and raptors at the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida.

My gear includes two DSLR camera bodies, the Canon EOS 5D and a Canon EOS 1D MkIII; a Canon 500 mm f4 IS lens, 1.4X and 2.0X teleconverters, and a Gitzo 1325 carbon fiber tripod.

USING THIS WEBSITE

I welcome your comments on any photo. Just look to the top right or bottom center of each image and click on Comment. You can also order prints directly in standard sizes. These high quality images are printed and shipped by Mpix.

Keith Carver
February 28, 2009