Crawdads

Yellow-crowned Night Heron And Crawdads

By Mia McPherson|June 11th, 2025|Categories: Crawdads, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: adult, bottomlands, close up, crawdad, crawdad Astacidae, crawdads, crayfish, crustacean, eating, heron, herons, Lower Scarborough Slough, Mudbug, night heron, night herons, Nyctanassa violacea, portrait, road, sand bottoms, slough, spring, wading birds, Yellow-crowned Night Heron|

I was thrilled to spot a Yellow-crowned Night Heron yesterday morning at Sequoyah NWR, and even more thrilled to photograph the night heron with a crawdad.

Fun Photographing A Road-Crossing Crawdad At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|August 8th, 2023|Categories: Crawdads, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, crawdad, crawdads, crayfish, defensive, Mudbug, mudbugs, road, Steve Creek, wildlife photographer|

Some experiences in the field almost feel like tall tales when I try to write about them. This road-crossing crawdad story from Sequoyah NWR is one of those.