Steve Creek – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

International Vulture Awareness Day 2023

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-02T05:25:14-05:00September 2nd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Box Elder County, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: adult, Black Vulture, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Cathartes aura, cliff face, Coragyps atratus, desert, foothills, immature, juvenile, lichen, lichens, nest, nesting cavity tree, ranchlands, raptors, rocks, roosting, spring, Steve Creek, summer, tree, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures, young|

Today is International Vulture Awareness Day 2023. I admit to having a soft spot for vultures because they are often misunderstood, and because I tend to stand up for those who have no voice.

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White-breasted Nuthatch In Bright Morning Light

By Mia McPherson|2023-08-14T10:19:24-05:00August 14th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, White-breasted Nuthatches|Tags: adult, driftwood, feeder, male, morning light, nuthatch, nuthatches, Rosie, Sitta carolinensis, Steve Creek, summer, urban, White-breasted Nuthatch, yard, Yorkie|

This morning, I'm sharing a photo of a White-breasted Nuthatch taken in June from my friend Steve Creek's wonderfully bird-filled yard in Arkansas.

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Fun Photographing A Road-Crossing Crawdad At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-20T15:39:17-06:00August 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.

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Great Egret Portrait At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|2023-08-06T04:55:27-05:00August 6th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Great Egrets, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Ardea alba, Azolla, close up, egret, foraging, Great Egret, Miner's Cove, portrait, refuge, shadow, slough, spring, Steve Creek, wading birds, water, water fern|

I took this Great Egret portrait at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma in June while I was visiting my friend and fellow photographer, Steve Creek.

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Young Male Downy Woodpecker

By Mia McPherson|2023-08-04T05:11:19-05:00August 4th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Downy Woodpeckers, Sebastian County|Tags: bill, calls, Downy Woodpecker, driftwood, Dryobates pubescens, feeder, immature, male, perched, Steve Creek, suet, summer, urban, whinnies, woodpecker, woodpeckers, yard, young|

I thought this young male Downy Woodpecker, with bits of suet on his bill, was a striking bird, and that's why I decided to share this photo today.

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Variegated Fritillary Butterfly At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|2023-07-30T04:45:44-05:00July 30th, 2023|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Variegated Fritillary Butterflies|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, butterflies, butterfly, Common Hedge Parsley, Euptoieta claudia, fritillaries, fritillary, fritillary butterfly, parsley, perched, spring, Steve Creek, Torilis arvensis, Variegated Fritillary, white wildflowers|

Today I am sharing three Variegated Fritillary butterfly photos that I took at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge when I visited my friend, Steve Creek, in June.

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Grasshopper On A Pickup At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|2023-07-28T05:59:19-05:00July 22nd, 2023|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, grasshopper, grasshoppers, Melanoplus femurrubrum, pickup, Red-legged Grasshopper, reflection, spring, Steve Creek, truck|

Today's image is a grasshopper on a pickup and its reflection. I don't have any idea what species it is but I hopped out of the pickup to take the photo.

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