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Immature White-crowned Sparrow Molting In Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|April 6th, 2026|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, downed tree, immature, molt, molting, perched, sparrow, sparrows, spring, White-crowned Sparrow, young, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

Yesterday morning I had this immature White-crowned Sparrow in my viewfinder at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge long enough to realize she or he was molting.

Subadult Green Heron In My Viewfinder

By Mia McPherson|July 29th, 2024|Categories: Green Herons, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Butorides virescens, Dockery Slough, downed tree, fallen tree, feathers, Green Heron, haze, heron, herons, lake, perched, preening, Sally Jones Lake, shaking, slough, sub-adult, subadult, summer, trees, vegetation, wading birds, water|

Yesterday morning, I had a marvelous time with a subadult Green Heron in my viewfinder at Dockery Slough on the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.