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Yellow-crowned Night Heron And Crawdads

By |June 11th, 2025|Categories: Crawdads, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

Female Eastern Collared Lizard Photos

By |May 31st, 2025|Categories: Comanche County, Eastern Collared Lizards, Oklahoma, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Earlier this month when I shared male Eastern Collared Lizard images, I said I'd also share some photos of the females. I'm doing that today before I forget.

Wild Turkey Portraits From Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge

By |May 21st, 2025|Categories: Comanche County, Oklahoma, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Wild Turkeys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm sharing a few Wild Turkey portraits taken last week near a creek at Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge in Comanche County, Oklahoma.

Spring Morning Bird Songs

By |April 5th, 2025|Categories: American Robins, Arkansas, Birds, Blue Jays, Carolina Chickadees, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning, in between storms, I sat outside and listened to bird songs. I decided to make a short recording and share photos of the birds I heard.

More Baird’s Pocket Gopher Photos

By |March 10th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Baird's Pocket Gophers, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday, Steve told me to grab my camera. I did, and within a minute, I had a Baird's Pocket Gopher in my viewfinder—one with a wonderfully clear view.

Cell Phone Issues This Week Made Me Want To Scream

By |January 24th, 2025|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Humor, Utah, Western Grebes|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last week, I decided to switch my cell phone carrier and get a new phone because my ancient one wouldn’t work at all on the new network. What I didn’t know...

American Bison On The Tallgrass Prairie Of Oklahoma

By |January 7th, 2025|Categories: American Bison, Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma, Osage County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The largest mammals I saw at the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Oklahoma were herds upon herds of American Bison. There were so many bison!

Nine-banded Armadillo Excitement At Osage Hills State Park

By |January 6th, 2025|Categories: Nine-banded Armadillos, Oklahoma, Osage Hills State Park|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was thrilled to see and photograph a Nine-banded Armadillo last week at Osage Hills State Park in Oklahoma. The last time I photographed one was in Florida.

One Beautiful Coyote At Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve

By |January 4th, 2025|Categories: Coyotes, Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma, Osage County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It was our second day exploring the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve when I spotted a pair of ears in the grasses—they belonged to this Coyote.

Common Loon: The 2025 ABA Bird of the Year

By |January 3rd, 2025|Categories: Common Loons, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday, the American Birding Association announced that the Common Loon is the 2025 ABA Bird of the Year, and I was so excited. I love these striking loons!

Wild Turkey Images – Happy Thanksgiving 2024

By |November 28th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wild Turkeys|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today, I'm sharing Wild Turkey images of foraging hens I found in the Stansbury Mountains of northern Utah because it's Thanksgiving Day. It was a lovely day.

Eurasian Collared-Dove In Arkansas

By |October 4th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eurasian Collared-Doves, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm sharing some Eurasian Collared-Dove photos this morning. I've photographed them here in Arkansas before, but these are the first images I'm happy with.

Clouded Skipper Butterflies – Things With Wings

By |September 29th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Clouded Skipper Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sebastian County, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago, when I shared Huron Sachem skipper butterfly images I said I needed to identify another butterfly. That butterfly was a Clouded Skipper butterfly.

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