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Immature White-crowned Sparrow In A Bottomland Hardwood Forest

By |January 14th, 2026|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Late last week, while driving through a forested area of Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I was delighted to photograph an immature White-crowned Sparrow.

Christmas Day Great Blue Heron And Turtle At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By |December 27th, 2025|Categories: Birds, Great Blue Herons, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On Christmas Day I photographed a Great Blue Heron and a turtle in Miner's Cove at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. Yes, a turtle in winter!

November Snow Geese Videos From Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By |December 3rd, 2025|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Snow Geese, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I'm sharing a few recent videos that I’ve taken of the Snow Geese that are at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma right now.

Young White-crowned Sparrow And A November Sunrise

By |November 13th, 2025|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I am sharing White-crowned Sparrow photos, plus a bonus Arkansas River sunrise image taken yesterday at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Young Indigo Bunting Getting Ready To Migrate

By |October 1st, 2025|Categories: Birds, Indigo Buntings, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge late last week, I was thrilled to take photos of this young Indigo Bunting perched in vines in nice light.

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Hatch Year Osprey Migrating Through Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By |September 27th, 2025|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Ospreys, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

My best find at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma yesterday was a migrating hatch year Osprey perched in the dead trees at Miner’s Cove.

Immature Turkey Vulture Photos From Oklahoma

By |September 16th, 2025|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Turkey Vultures|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I was delighted to take immature Turkey Vulture photos at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge along with some images of adults.

Immature Painted Bunting Getting Ready To Migrate

By |September 8th, 2025|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Painted Buntings, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The last, and probably best, bird I saw and photographed yesterday at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge was a molting immature Painted Bunting.

American Oystercatcher Images From Florida

By |August 29th, 2025|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, Egmont Key State Park, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I am sharing a group of American Oystercatcher photos today that were taken at Fort De Soto County Park and Egmont Key from when I lived in Florida.

Great Blue Heron Memories From Fort De Soto

By |August 21st, 2025|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

It seems a little dreamy, but some of these Great Blue Heron photos taken at Fort De Soto County Park in Florida are almost 20 years old now!

Three Eastern Bluebird Chicks Fledged Yesterday!

By |July 31st, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning around 9 a.m., the Eastern Bluebird chicks finally took the leap and fledged from their nest. There were three of them.

Eastern Bluebird Nest Box News – Chicks Are Ready To Fledge

By |July 29th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Eastern Bluebird chicks in one of my friend Steve Creek's nest boxes are getting ready to fledge. It won't be long before they start exploring the world.

Northern Mockingbird Chick With A Big Attitude

By |July 10th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Northern Mockingbirds, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm sharing a short tale this morning of a Northern Mockingbird chick with lifted wings and a big attitude. I photographed her or him on the 4th of July.

Immature Bald Eagle at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By |June 24th, 2025|Categories: Bald Eagles, Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday I was very happy to spot this immature Bald Eagle resting on a snag with a cottonwood tree in the background at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

Black-tailed Prairie Dogs Of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

By |May 28th, 2025|Categories: Black-tailed Prairie Dogs, Comanche County, Oklahoma, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I've been wanting to share more photos of the Black-tailed Prairie Dogs that I took at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge earlier this month.

Baby Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo Pups And Me

By |May 27th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Mexican Long-nosed Armadillos, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A couple of days ago, my friend Steve Creek let me know there were four cute little Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo pups in his yard. Of course I grabbed my camera!

Young Black-tailed Prairie Dog With Parent

By |May 16th, 2025|Categories: Black-tailed Prairie Dogs, Comanche County, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm back from Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, where I was thrilled to photograph a young Black-tailed Prairie Dog at a burrow with an adult.

Super Mom Eastern Bluebird For Mother’s Day

By |May 11th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Since today is Mother's Day, I wanted to tell the story of this super mom Eastern Bluebird and all she has accomplished since the end of March.

Milestone: Ten Years Of Daily Stories From The Field

By |May 2nd, 2025|Categories: Birds, Common Ravens, Milestone, Mountain Bluebells, Short-eared Owls|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today marks ten years, which is 3,653 days, of sharing the authentic stories behind my images every single day without missing a beat.

When Carolina Wren Chicks Fledge

By |April 28th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Carolina Wrens, Sebastian County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday it was cloudy, so we didn’t head to the refuge, and that turned out great because during the morning, in low light, the Carolina Wren chicks fledged!

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