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Female Dickcissel In Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|July 5th, 2025|Categories: Birds, Dickcissels, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, Dickcissel, Dickcissels, dock, female, grasses, perched, Spiza americana, summer|

I was delighted to photograph this female Dickcissel perched on a dock two days ago from the auto tour road at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Urban Ring-billed Gull Adult

By Mia McPherson|December 1st, 2022|Categories: Birds, Ring-billed Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, dock, fall, fishing platform, gull, gulls, Larus delawarensis, nonbreeding plumage, perched, pond, Ring-billed Gull, snow, urban, water|

Yesterday I wrote that a mini-bike scared the birds at my local pond two days ago. This urban Ring-billed Gull didn't fly off. It stood its ground.