Wildlife – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Lifer Western Ribbon Snake At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 25th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Western Ribbon Snakes|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, close up, grass, grasses, head on, Johnson Grass, portrait, reptiles, ribbon snake, ribbon snakes, snake, snakes, Sorghum halepense, summer, Thamnophis proximus, Western Ribbon Snake|

Yesterday morning, I took my lifer Western Ribbon Snake photos at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. These ribbon snakes are small, I almost missed spotting it!

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White-tailed Deer Fawn In Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|July 25th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, close up, deer, fawn, forest, mammals, Odocoileus virginianus summer, portrait, spots, tongue, up close, White-tailed Deer, young|

Incoming cute alert! This morning, I felt like sharing some adorable White-tailed Deer fawn photos I took at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge two days ago.

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Coyote On The Move At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 24th, 2024|Categories: Coyotes, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Video|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Canis latrans, close up, Coyote, coyotes, female, field, grass, mammals, presumed female, soybeans, summer|

Yesterday, there was some excitement at the refuge. Steve Creek and I photographed a Bobcat and Coyote showdown, and then we followed the Coyote.

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Itty Bitty American Green Tree Frog Pictures

By Mia McPherson|July 23rd, 2024|Categories: American Green Tree Frogs, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Green Tree Frog, amphibians, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, frog, frogs, grass, grasses, Green Tree Frog, Hyla cinerea, immature, itty bitty, Johnson Grass, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Sorghum halepense, summer, tree frog, tree frogs, young|

I'm sticking with the green theme today. Earlier this morning, it was Green Heron images; now, it's itty bitty Green Tree Frog photos from Sequoyah NWR.

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Northern Cottonmouth Close Ups

By Mia McPherson|July 22nd, 2024|Categories: Northern Cottonmouths (Water Moccasins), Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, close up, gravel road, Northern Cottonmouth, portrait, reptiles, road, semi-aquatic, snake, snakes, summer, venomous snake, venomous snakes, Water Moccasin|

I was excited to see and photograph a Northern Cottonmouth on a gravel road at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge last week. The snake was very cooperative.

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Coyote Pup Portrait From Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|July 21st, 2024|Categories: Coyotes, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Video|Tags: bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Canis latrans, close up, Coyote, coyotes, grasses, mammals, portrait, pup, side light, sidelit, summer, video, water droplets, young|

Some days are pure magic. Two days ago, at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma, this Coyote pup made the day as magical as it could be and more.

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Hackberry Emperor Butterfly On The Hood

By Mia McPherson|July 20th, 2024|Categories: Hackberry Emperor Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Asterocampa celtis, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, brushfooted, butterflies, butterfly, Hackberry Emperor, Hackberry Emperor butterfly, hood, spread, summer, Tacoma, Toyota, truck, windshield, wings|

While I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday morning, I had a very unique experience photographing a lovely Hackberry Emperor Butterfly.

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Common Eastern Velvet Ant Images

By Mia McPherson|July 18th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Common Eastern Velvet Ants, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Common Eastern Velvet Ant, cow killer, Dasymutilla occidentalis, Dusty Miller, female, flowers, garden, male, parasitoid wasp, parasitoid wasps, Senecio cineraria, summer, urban, wasp, wasps, yard|

Yesterday, I took Common Eastern Velvet Ant images in Steve Creek's yard after seeing one of them on what I believe are Dusty Miller plants in his garden.

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Gray Treefrog On A Lotus Leaf

By Mia McPherson|July 15th, 2024|Categories: Gray Treefrogs, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, American Lotus, aquatic wildflower, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Complex Hyla versicolor, frog, frogs, Gray Treefrog, Gray Treefrog Species Complex, Hyla versicolor, leaf, Nelumbo lutea, Reeves Slough, slough, summer, tree frog, tree frogs, treefrog, treefrogs, water droplets, white wildflower, yellow wildflower|

This morning I am sharing a simple photo of an adult Gray Treefrog on a lotus leaf taken at Sequoyah NWR. Or is it so simple? Maybe it is more complex.

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American Green Tree Frog Images From Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 13th, 2024|Categories: American Green Tree Frogs, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, American Green Tree Frog, American Lotus, amphibians, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, frog, frogs, Geen Treefrogs, Green Tree Frog, Hyla cinerea, lotus, lotuses, Nelumbo lutea, Reeves Slough, slough, summer, tree frog, tree frogs, treefrog, treefrogs, water|

I'm trying to get caught up with photos I haven't shared yet, so today I am sharing a few American Green Tree Frog photos I've taken at Sequoyah NWR recently.

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My Lifer Bobcat Photos At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|July 11th, 2024|Categories: Bobcats, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Bobcat, bobcats, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, feline, felines, grass, grasses, gravel road, haze, itch, landscape, Lynx rufus, mammals, Oklahoma, road, scenic, scratching, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, shadows, sitting, summer, tree, trees|

Yesterday morning, I took my first Bobcat photos at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, thanks to my dear friend Steve Creek letting me know where it was.

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Summertime White-tailed Deer Doe At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 10th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, cut, deer, defecating, doe, female, field, grazing, mammals, Odocoileus virginianus, Oklahoma, pooping, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, summer, wheat, White-tailed Deer|

On one of my recent trips to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I had the pleasure of photographing a White-tailed Deer doe as she grazed in a cut wheat field.

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Blue Dasher Dragonfly Photo And Video

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2024|Categories: Blue Dasher Dragonflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Video|Tags: adult, Blue Dasher, Blue Dasher dragonfly, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, dasher, dashers, dragonflies, dragonfly, male, mite, odonata, Pachydiplax longipennis, perched, skimmer, skimmers, summer, video|

I'm a bird photographer who sometimes can't resist photographing other things with wings which includes this male Blue Dasher dragonfly I saw yesterday morning.

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Slaty Skimmer Dragonfly Photos

By Mia McPherson|July 2nd, 2024|Categories: American Lotus, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Slaty Skimmer Dragonflies|Tags: adult, American Lotus, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, bud, dragonflies, dragonfly, female, flower bud, insects, leaf, leaves, Libellula incesta, lotus, lotuses, male, native, Nelumbo lutea, odonata, Reeves Slough, seedpod, seedpods, skimmer, skimmers, Slaty Skimmer, Slaty Skimmer Dragonfly, slough, summer, water, white wildflowers, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

I took photos of Slaty Skimmer dragonflies the other day at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma and wanted to share them with you all.

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Baird’s Pocket Gopher Photos In Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|June 19th, 2024|Categories: Baird's Pocket Gophers, Marshall County, Oklahoma|Tags: adult, Baird's Pocket Gopher, close up, digging, Eastern Pocket Gophers, Genus Geomys, Geomys breviceps, gopher, gophers, mammals, Marshall County, Oklahoma, pocket gopher, pocket gophers, portrait, rodents|

Earlier this month, I was sitting on the steps enjoying the sunshine and the birds singing when, all of a sudden, I spotted a Baird's Pocket Gopher in the yard.

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Six-lined Racerunner Lizard!

By Mia McPherson|June 11th, 2024|Categories: Marshall County, Oklahoma, Six-lined Racerunners, Wildlife|Tags: Aspidoscelis sexlineatus, lizard, lizards, Marshall County, Oklahoma, racerunner, racerunners, reptiles, sandy area, Six-lined Racerunner, spring|

I'm seeing a few lizards in my yard here in south central Oklahoma including this spiffy looking racerunner lizard. I don't know which species it is yet though.

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American Beaver At Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|June 7th, 2024|Categories: American Beavers, Johnston County, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, American Beaver, beaver, beavers, branches, Castor canadensis, grass, grasses, haze, leaves, looking up, mammals, road, Sandy Creek, spring, stick, tree, trees, tunnel, walking, wildflowers|

Yesterday morning, I had a wonderful surprise when an American beaver surfaced close to the Sandy Creek Bridge at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge.

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Roadside Swamp Rabbit At Tishomingo NWR

By Mia McPherson|June 4th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Swamp Rabbits, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, cottontail, cottontails, grass, grasses, mammals, rabbit, rabbits, road, roadside, spring, Swamp Rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus|

This Swamp Rabbit photo is from my second visit to Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge. I was on a gravel road as far as I could go before turning around when I saw it.

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Gray Hairstreak Butterfly On An Upright Prairie Coneflower

By Mia McPherson|June 3rd, 2024|Categories: Gray Hairstreak Butterflies, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, blooming, blooms, blossoms, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, butterflies, butterfly, coneflower, coneflowers, field, flowering, Gray Hairstreak, hairstreak, hairstreaks, nectaring, orange wildflowers, Ratibida columnifera, red wildflowers, spring, Strymon melinus, Upright Prairie Coneflower, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

When I visited Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge last week I spent some time photographing Gray Hairstreak butterflies, a butterfly species that is new to me.

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Red Admiral Butterfly in Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|June 1st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Red Admiral Butterflies, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: admiral, admirals, adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, butterflies, butterfly, gravel, Red Admiral, Red Admiral Butterfly, road, spring, Vanessa atalanta|

Even though I used to see Red Admiral butterflies in Utah, I am still excited to see so many of this butterfly species here in Oklahoma and in Texas too.

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White-tailed Deer Bucks In Velvet With Wildflowers

By Mia McPherson|May 31st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: adult, antlers, bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, buck, bucks, deer, field, grasses, leaves, male, Odocoileus virginianus, spring, trees, velvet, White-tailed Deer, wildflowers|

I was very happy to find about a dozen and a half White-tailed Deer to photograph on my last visit to Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge earlier this week on a bright sunny morning.

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Butterfly Photos From Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|May 21st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Orange Sulphur Butterflies, Phaon Crescent Butterflies, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Variegated Fritillary Butterflies|Tags: adult, bloom, blooming, blooms, blossoms, bottomlands, butteflies, butterflies, butterfly, buttrflies, Colias eurytheme, coneflower, coneflowers, crescent, cresents, Euptoieta claudia, feeding, flowering, fritillaries, fritillary, insects, nectaring, Oklahoma, Orange Sulphur, Orange Sulphur Butterfly, orange wildflowers, Phaon Crescent, Phaon Crescent Butterfly, Phyciodes phaon, Ratibida columnifera, red wildflowers, spring, sulphur, sulphurs, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Tishomingo NWR, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Variegated Fritillary, Variegated Fritillary Butterfly, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

This morning, I wanted to share a few more things with wings: a set of butterfly photos I took recently at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

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Common Checkered-Skipper Butterfly At Tishomingo NWR

By Mia McPherson|May 13th, 2024|Categories: Common Checkered-Skippers, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, butterflies, butterfly, Common Checkered-Skipper, Common Checkered-Skipper butterfly, coneflowers, nectaring, orange wildflowers, Ratibida columnifera, red wildflowers, skipper, skippers, spring, Upright Prairie Coneflower, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

I'm sharing this Common Checkered-Skipper butterfly photo I took two days ago at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge. This was my last subject of the morning.

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Common Buckeye Butterfly Resting On Grass

By Mia McPherson|May 13th, 2024|Categories: Common Buckeye Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, butterflies, butterfly, Common Buckeye, Common Buckeye Butterfly, dew, dew drops, grass, grasses, resting, spring|

This morning, I am sharing a beautiful Common Buckeye butterfly that I photographed on the last day of April at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

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Fox Squirrel Drinking From A Bird Bath

By Mia McPherson|May 10th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Fox Squirrels, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, bird bath, drink, drinking, feeder, Fox Squirrel, garden, mammals, Sciurus niger, squirrel, squirrels, tree squirrel, tree squirrels, urban, water, yard|

I took these photos of a Fox Squirrel when the squirrel came in to enjoy a nice drink of water at my friend Steve's Creek's bird bath in his yard in Arkansas.

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Young Eastern Cottontail Rabbit

By Mia McPherson|May 8th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Eastern Cottontails, Sebastian County|Tags: cottontail, cottontails, Eastern Cottontail, Eastern Cottontail Rabbit, garden, grass, immature, mammals, rabbit, rabbits, spring, urban, yard, young|

I simply could not allow any more time to go by without posting an image of this sweet young Eastern Cottontail I photographed in my friend Steve Creek's yard.

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Birds and Wildlife From Arkansas And Sequoyah NWR In Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|May 6th, 2024|Categories: American Lady Butterflies, Arkansas, Birds, Blue-winged Teals, Carolina Chickadees, Common Five-lined Skinks, Coyotes, Fox Squirrels, Great Horned Owls, House Finches, Northern Cardinals, Northern Flickers, Oklahoma, Pine Siskins, Sebastian County, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Three-toed Box Turtles, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: American Lady Butterfly, Baeolophus bicolor, Blue-winged Teal, Bubo virginianus, Canis latrans, Cardinalis cardinalis, Carduelis pinus, Carolina Chickadee, Colaptes auratus, Coyote, Diamondback Watersnake, Fox Squirrel, Great Horned Owl, Haemorhous mexicanus, House Finch, Nerodia rhombifer, Northern Cardinal, Northern Flicker, Pine Siskin, Poecile carolinensis, Sciurus niger, Spatula discors, Terrapene carolina ssp. triunguis, Three-toed Box Turtle, Tufted Titmouse, Vanessa virginiensis|

I'm sharing a bunch of bird and wildlife photos that I have recently photographed in my friend Steve's yard in Arkansas, and from Sequoyah NWR in Oklahoma.

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Swamp Rabbit Photos From Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|May 1st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Swamp Rabbits|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, cane-cutter, close up, eating, lifer, mammals, portrait, rabbit, rabbits, spring, Swamp Rabbit, swim, Sylvilagus aquaticus|

Yesterday morning, I took my lifer Swamp Rabbit photos at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge after my dear friend Steve Creek pointed the rabbit out to me.

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American Snout Butterfly Lifer

By Mia McPherson|April 26th, 2024|Categories: American Snout Butterflies, Arkansas, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, American Snout, American Snout Butterfly, branch, butterflies, butterfly, garden, insects, Libytheana carinenta, lifer, resting, spring, urban, vine|

Just a quick post about my American Snout butterfly lifer taken in my friend Steve Creek's garden in Arkansas. This is my first photo of this butterfly species.

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Foggy Start To An April Morning At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|April 18th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: adult, blackbird, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, clouds, deer, dirt, doe, female, field, fog, foggy, forest, heavy fog, mammals, morning, Odocoileus virginianus, refuge, rolling in, shrubs, sky, spring, tree, trees, White-tailed Deer|

Yesterday, there was a foggy start to a morning of bird and wildlife photography at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. I really didn't mind the fog much at all.

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