{"id":116507,"date":"2023-09-29T07:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?page_id=116507"},"modified":"2025-08-03T15:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T20:06:24","slug":"daily-blog-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/daily-blog-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, #ffffff 0%,#ffffff 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:2288px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:1000px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"393\" alt=\"Semipalmated Plover on the shore of the Gulf\" title=\"Semipalmated Plover on the shore of the Gulf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/semipalmated-plover-blog-page-mia-mcpherson-8683.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/semipalmated-plover-blog-page-mia-mcpherson-8683.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-116808\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271300%27%20height%3D%27393%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201300%20393%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271300%27%20height%3D%27393%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/semipalmated-plover-blog-page-mia-mcpherson-8683-200x60.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/semipalmated-plover-blog-page-mia-mcpherson-8683-400x121.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/semipalmated-plover-blog-page-mia-mcpherson-8683-600x181.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/semipalmated-plover-blog-page-mia-mcpherson-8683-800x242.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/semipalmated-plover-blog-page-mia-mcpherson-8683-1200x363.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/semipalmated-plover-blog-page-mia-mcpherson-8683.jpg 1300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, #ffffff 0%,#ffffff 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:2288px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:28px;\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My Story Timeline<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I write about the true stories behind my images and share them on my site. One day, I might write about birds; the next, about an insect; and the following day, I might focus on a specific location. Each of these stories revolves around nature, my connection to it, or my concerns about preserving our natural world. This journal primarily serves as a collection of factual accounts from my journeys in the field.<\/p>\n<p>While my primary passion is for birds, since everything in nature is interconnected, I photograph everything and write about it all. My life has always been intertwined with nature, and I hope it always will be.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes,<br \/>\nMia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, #ffffff 0%,#ffffff 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:2288px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:26px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-shadow\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-webkit-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-moz-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-o-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #e0dede 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-pagination\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:10px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -10px !important; margin-right:-10px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-3 isotope fusion-blog-equal-heights\" data-pages=\"176\" data-grid-col-space=\"20\" style=\"margin: -10px -10px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-176424\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176424 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-slaty-skimmer-dragonflies tag-adult tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-dragonflies tag-dragonfly tag-female tag-libellula-incesta tag-odonata tag-perched tag-resting tag-slaty-skimmer tag-slaty-skimmer-dragonfly tag-spring tag-vine\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/06\/02\/female-slaty-skimmer-dragonfly-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Female Slaty Skimmer Dragonfly At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slaty-skimmer-dragonfly-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1548.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Slaty Skimmer dragonfly female perched on a vine in Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slaty-skimmer-dragonfly-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1548.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slaty-skimmer-dragonfly-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1548-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slaty-skimmer-dragonfly-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1548-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slaty-skimmer-dragonfly-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1548-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/slaty-skimmer-dragonfly-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1548.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/06\/02\/female-slaty-skimmer-dragonfly-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Female Slaty Skimmer Dragonfly At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>June 2nd, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>As I drove the auto tour route at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday, I was delighted to find a resting female Slaty Skimmer dragonfly in nice light.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/06\/02\/female-slaty-skimmer-dragonfly-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Female Slaty Skimmer Dragonfly At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-176411\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176411 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-variegated-fritillary-butterflies tag-adult tag-blooming tag-blooms tag-bottomlands tag-butterflies tag-butterfly tag-euptoieta-claudia tag-feeding tag-flowering tag-flowers tag-fritillaries tag-fritillary tag-nectaring tag-spring tag-variegated-fritillary tag-variegated-fritillary-butterfly tag-vetch\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/31\/variegated-fritillary-butterfly-on-blooming-vetch\/\" aria-label=\"Variegated Fritillary Butterfly On Blooming Vetch\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/variegated-fritillary-vetch-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-8728.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Variegated Fritillary butterfly nectaring on blooming vetch, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/variegated-fritillary-vetch-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-8728.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/variegated-fritillary-vetch-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-8728-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/variegated-fritillary-vetch-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-8728-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/variegated-fritillary-vetch-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-8728-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/variegated-fritillary-vetch-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-8728.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/31\/variegated-fritillary-butterfly-on-blooming-vetch\/\">Variegated Fritillary Butterfly On Blooming Vetch<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 31st, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Earlier this month I photographed a Variegated Fritillary butterfly nectaring on vetch from the roadside at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/31\/variegated-fritillary-butterfly-on-blooming-vetch\/\" aria-label=\"More on Variegated Fritillary Butterfly On Blooming Vetch\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-176396\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176396 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-barred-owls category-avian category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-barred-owl tag-birds-of-prey tag-bottomlands tag-breakfast tag-crawdad tag-crayfish tag-drying tag-miners-cove tag-mudbug tag-owl tag-owls tag-perched tag-prey tag-raptors tag-slough tag-spring tag-strix-varia tag-tree tag-willow tag-wings\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/29\/adult-barred-owl-at-miners-cove\/\" aria-label=\"Adult Barred Owl At Miner&#8217;s Cove\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-0154.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Barred Owl adult with a crayfish at Miner&#039;s Cove, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-0154.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-0154-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-0154-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-0154-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-0154.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/29\/adult-barred-owl-at-miners-cove\/\">Adult Barred Owl At Miner&#8217;s Cove<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 29th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This past Monday I had an adult Barred Owl in my viewfinder at Miner's Cove, which is a slough at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/29\/adult-barred-owl-at-miners-cove\/\" aria-label=\"More on Adult Barred Owl At Miner&#8217;s Cove\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-176361\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176361 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-barred-owls category-avian category-etiquette-wildlife-ethics category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-video category-wildlife-ethics-wildlife-ethics tag-barred-owl tag-birds-of-prey tag-bottomlands tag-chick tag-chicks tag-ethics tag-etiquette tag-fledgling tag-immature tag-juvenile tag-miners-cove tag-owl tag-owls tag-raptors tag-slough tag-spring tag-strix-varia tag-tree tag-willow tag-young\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/27\/barred-owl-chicks-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Barred Owl Chicks At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-chicks-willow-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-9150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Barred Owl chicks waiting to be fed at Miner&#039;s Cove, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-chicks-willow-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-9150.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-chicks-willow-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-9150-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-chicks-willow-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-9150-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-chicks-willow-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-9150-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/barred-owl-chicks-willow-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-9150.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/27\/barred-owl-chicks-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Barred Owl Chicks At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 27th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This past Sunday I was tickled to find two Barred Owl chicks on a willow branch at Miner's Cove waiting to be fed at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/27\/barred-owl-chicks-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Barred Owl Chicks At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-176344\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176344 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-video category-yellow-crowned-night-heron tag-adult tag-bottomlands tag-branch tag-fluffed-up tag-heron tag-herons tag-looking tag-miners-cove tag-night-heron tag-night-herons tag-nyctanassa-violacea tag-preening-2 tag-prey tag-slough tag-spring tag-tree tag-video tag-wading-birds tag-willow tag-yellow-crowned-night-heron\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/25\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-preening-at-miners-cove\/\" aria-label=\"Yellow-crowned Night Heron Preening At Miner&#8217;s Cove\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-9757.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fluffed up Yellow-crowned Night Heron at Miner&#039;s Cove, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-9757.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-9757-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-9757-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-9757-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-adult-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-9757.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/25\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-preening-at-miners-cove\/\">Yellow-crowned Night Heron Preening At Miner&#8217;s Cove<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 25th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Yesterday there was a break in the weather, so I drove to Miner's Cove at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge and found this preening Yellow-crowned Night Heron.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/25\/yellow-crowned-night-heron-preening-at-miners-cove\/\" aria-label=\"More on Yellow-crowned Night Heron Preening At Miner&#8217;s Cove\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175995\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175995 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-great-blue-herons category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-ardea-herodias tag-bottomlands tag-foraging tag-great-blue-heron tag-heron tag-herons tag-lifting-off tag-miners-cove tag-repose tag-resting tag-slough tag-spring tag-wading-birds tag-water\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/20\/great-blue-heron-in-my-viewfinder-at-miners-cove\/\" aria-label=\"Great Blue Heron In My Viewfinder At Miner&#8217;s Cove\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/great-blue-heron-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6505.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Adult Great Blue Heron lifting off from Miner&#039;s Cove, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/great-blue-heron-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6505.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/great-blue-heron-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6505-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/great-blue-heron-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6505-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/great-blue-heron-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6505-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/great-blue-heron-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6505.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/20\/great-blue-heron-in-my-viewfinder-at-miners-cove\/\">Great Blue Heron In My Viewfinder At Miner&#8217;s Cove<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 20th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Cloudy and stormy weather has kept me from being in the field, so I thought I'd share this Great Blue Heron I had in my viewfinder last month at Miner's Cove.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/20\/great-blue-heron-in-my-viewfinder-at-miners-cove\/\" aria-label=\"More on Great Blue Heron In My Viewfinder At Miner&#8217;s Cove\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175931\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175931 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-oklahoma category-scissor-tailed-flycatchers category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-bottomlands tag-close-up tag-flycatcher tag-flycatchers tag-perched tag-portrait tag-scissor-tailed-flycatcher tag-sky tag-spring tag-tyrannus-forficatus tag-tyrant-flycatchers-2\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/15\/spring-scissor-tailed-flycatcher-portraits-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Spring Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Portraits From Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8285.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spring Scissor-tailed Flycatcher portrait, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8285.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8285-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8285-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8285-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8285.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/15\/spring-scissor-tailed-flycatcher-portraits-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Spring Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Portraits From Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 15th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I don't often have a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher so close to me that I can take portraits of them, so when I do, I'll jump at the chance. Four days ago, I did.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/15\/spring-scissor-tailed-flycatcher-portraits-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Spring Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Portraits From Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175922\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175922 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-raccoons category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-blonde tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-close-up tag-immature tag-light tag-low-light-2 tag-mammals tag-pale tag-portrait tag-procyon-lotor tag-raccoon tag-raccoons tag-spring tag-young\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/14\/pale-young-raccoon-close-up\/\" aria-label=\"Pale Young Raccoon Close Up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/raccoon-young-peeking-mia-mcpherson-8646.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pale young Raccoon at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/raccoon-young-peeking-mia-mcpherson-8646.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/raccoon-young-peeking-mia-mcpherson-8646-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/raccoon-young-peeking-mia-mcpherson-8646-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/raccoon-young-peeking-mia-mcpherson-8646-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/raccoon-young-peeking-mia-mcpherson-8646.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/14\/pale-young-raccoon-close-up\/\">Pale Young Raccoon Close Up<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 14th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Earlier this week I spotted a young pale Raccoon wandering next to the road at the edge of dense trees at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/14\/pale-young-raccoon-close-up\/\" aria-label=\"More on Pale Young Raccoon Close Up\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175908\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175908 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-oklahoma category-red-headed-woodpeckers category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-leaves tag-melanerpes-erythrocephalus tag-mulberry tag-red-headed-woodpecker tag-sky tag-spring tag-tree tag-woodpecker tag-woodpeckers\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/12\/red-headed-woodpecker-in-a-mulberry-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Red-headed Woodpecker In A Mulberry At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/red-headed-woodpecker-in-mulberry-mia-mcpherson-8556.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Red-headed Woodpecker in a mulberry, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/red-headed-woodpecker-in-mulberry-mia-mcpherson-8556.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/red-headed-woodpecker-in-mulberry-mia-mcpherson-8556-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/red-headed-woodpecker-in-mulberry-mia-mcpherson-8556-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/red-headed-woodpecker-in-mulberry-mia-mcpherson-8556-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/red-headed-woodpecker-in-mulberry-mia-mcpherson-8556.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/12\/red-headed-woodpecker-in-a-mulberry-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Red-headed Woodpecker In A Mulberry At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 12th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This striking Red-headed Woodpecker perched in a mulberry was one of the birds that caught my eye yesterday while I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/12\/red-headed-woodpecker-in-a-mulberry-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Red-headed Woodpecker In A Mulberry At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175896\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175896 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arkansas category-avian category-eastern-bluebirds category-sebastian-county tag-baby tag-bluebird tag-bluebirds tag-chick tag-eastern-bluebird tag-fledgling tag-garden tag-immature tag-juvenile tag-mothers-day tag-perched tag-sialia-sialis tag-suburban tag-summer-3 tag-thrush tag-thrushes tag-yard tag-young\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/10\/mothers-day-and-a-young-eastern-bluebird\/\" aria-label=\"Mother&#8217;s Day And A Young Eastern Bluebird\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/eastern-bluebird-immature-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-4890.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Young Eastern Bluebird in Arkansas, Sebastian County\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/eastern-bluebird-immature-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-4890.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/eastern-bluebird-immature-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-4890-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/eastern-bluebird-immature-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-4890-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/eastern-bluebird-immature-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-4890-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/eastern-bluebird-immature-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-4890.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/10\/mothers-day-and-a-young-eastern-bluebird\/\">Mother&#8217;s Day And A Young Eastern Bluebird<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 10th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Today I wanted to say Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there and share a beautiful young Eastern Bluebird photo to honor my own Mom.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/10\/mothers-day-and-a-young-eastern-bluebird\/\" aria-label=\"More on Mother&#8217;s Day And A Young Eastern Bluebird\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175721\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175721 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-oklahoma category-scissor-tailed-flycatchers category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-cottonwood tag-cottonwood-fluff tag-flycatcher tag-flycatchers tag-grasses tag-gravel tag-nesting tag-nesting-material tag-roadside tag-scissor-tailed-flycatcher tag-spring tag-tyrannus-forficatus\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/09\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-picking-up-nesting-material\/\" aria-label=\"Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Picking Up Nesting Material\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-nesting-material-mia-mcpherson-7179.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Roadside Scissor-tailed Flycatcher picking up nesting material, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-nesting-material-mia-mcpherson-7179.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-nesting-material-mia-mcpherson-7179-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-nesting-material-mia-mcpherson-7179-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-nesting-material-mia-mcpherson-7179-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-nesting-material-mia-mcpherson-7179.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/09\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-picking-up-nesting-material\/\">Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Picking Up Nesting Material<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 9th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Earlier this week I caught a flash of gray, white and salmon-pink next to a dirt road at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. It was a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/09\/scissor-tailed-flycatcher-picking-up-nesting-material\/\" aria-label=\"More on Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Picking Up Nesting Material\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175705\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175705 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-indigo-buntings category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-branch tag-bunting tag-female tag-indigo-bunting tag-leaves tag-passerina-cyanea tag-perched tag-sky tag-spring tag-tree\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/08\/female-indigo-bunting-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Female Indigo Bunting at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/indigo-bunting-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-7810.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Adult female Indigo Bunting at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/indigo-bunting-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-7810.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/indigo-bunting-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-7810-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/indigo-bunting-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-7810-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/indigo-bunting-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-7810-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/indigo-bunting-female-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-7810.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/08\/female-indigo-bunting-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Female Indigo Bunting at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 8th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I was delighted to photograph this adult female Indigo Bunting yesterday from one of the gravel roads at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/08\/female-indigo-bunting-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Female Indigo Bunting at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175678\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175678 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-roughleaf-dogwood category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-berries tag-blooming tag-blossoms tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-cornus-drummondii tag-dogwood tag-dogwoods tag-drupes tag-eggs tag-flowering tag-fruiting tag-insect tag-kissed tag-leaf tag-morning-light tag-roughleaf-dogwood tag-spring tag-tree\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/05\/blooming-roughleaf-dogwood-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Blooming Roughleaf Dogwood at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roughleaf-dogwood-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6838.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Flowering Roughleaf Dogwood at the edge of a forest, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roughleaf-dogwood-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6838.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roughleaf-dogwood-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6838-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roughleaf-dogwood-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6838-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roughleaf-dogwood-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6838-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roughleaf-dogwood-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6838.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/05\/blooming-roughleaf-dogwood-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Blooming Roughleaf Dogwood at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 5th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>On my last two trips to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I have taken photos of blooming Roughleaf Dogwood that is currently covered in creamy white flowers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/05\/blooming-roughleaf-dogwood-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Blooming Roughleaf Dogwood at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175642\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175642 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-dickcissels category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-video tag-adult tag-back-view tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-cottonwood tag-dickcissel tag-dickcissels tag-field tag-leaves tag-male tag-perky tag-sapling tag-singing-2 tag-spiza-americana tag-spring tag-tree\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/04\/male-dickcissel-on-a-windy-morning-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Male Dickcissel On A Windy Morning At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dickcissel-spring-male-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-7289.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dickcissel male singing on a windy spring morning, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dickcissel-spring-male-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-7289.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dickcissel-spring-male-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-7289-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dickcissel-spring-male-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-7289-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dickcissel-spring-male-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-7289-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dickcissel-spring-male-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-7289.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/04\/male-dickcissel-on-a-windy-morning-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Male Dickcissel On A Windy Morning At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 4th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Despite the wind at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday, I had great fun photographing a singing male Dickcissel perched on a cottonwood sapling.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/04\/male-dickcissel-on-a-windy-morning-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Male Dickcissel On A Windy Morning At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175584\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175584 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-barred-owls category-avian category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-video tag-adult tag-barred-owl tag-miners-cove tag-owl tag-owls tag-perched tag-raptors tag-slough tag-spring tag-strix-varia tag-tree tag-trees tag-willow tag-willows\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/01\/barred-owl-looking-for-crawdads-at-miners-cove\/\" aria-label=\"Barred Owl Looking For Crawdads At Miners Cove\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-tree-mia-mcpherson-6057.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Adult Barred Owl at Miner&#039;s Cove, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-tree-mia-mcpherson-6057.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-tree-mia-mcpherson-6057-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-tree-mia-mcpherson-6057-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-tree-mia-mcpherson-6057-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-tree-mia-mcpherson-6057.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/01\/barred-owl-looking-for-crawdads-at-miners-cove\/\">Barred Owl Looking For Crawdads At Miners Cove<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>May 1st, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Earlier this week I videoed an adult Barred Owl who was perched in an old willow at Miner's Cove at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/05\/01\/barred-owl-looking-for-crawdads-at-miners-cove\/\" aria-label=\"More on Barred Owl Looking For Crawdads At Miners Cove\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175279\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175279 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-great-blue-herons category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-ardea-herodias tag-bottomlands tag-fog tag-foggy tag-great-blue-heron tag-heron tag-herons tag-lower-scarborough-slough tag-mist tag-misty tag-morning tag-slough tag-spring tag-wading-birds\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/26\/great-blue-heron-in-morning-mist\/\" aria-label=\"Great Blue Heron In Morning Mist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-blue-heron-morning-mist-mia-mcpherson-5078.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Great Blue Heron in morning mist at Lower Scarborough Slough, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-blue-heron-morning-mist-mia-mcpherson-5078.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-blue-heron-morning-mist-mia-mcpherson-5078-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-blue-heron-morning-mist-mia-mcpherson-5078-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-blue-heron-morning-mist-mia-mcpherson-5078-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-blue-heron-morning-mist-mia-mcpherson-5078.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/26\/great-blue-heron-in-morning-mist\/\">Great Blue Heron In Morning Mist<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 26th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Last week I was tickled to photograph an adult Great Blue Heron in a morning mist at the Lower Scarborough Slough area of Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/26\/great-blue-heron-in-morning-mist\/\" aria-label=\"More on Great Blue Heron In Morning Mist\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175215\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175215 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-great-egrets category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-video tag-adult tag-ardea-alba tag-breeding-plumage tag-egret tag-egrets tag-great-egret tag-log tag-log-roll tag-miners-cove tag-spring tag-video tag-wading-birds tag-water\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/22\/log-rolling-great-egret-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Log Rolling Great Egret at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-egret-log-rolling-mia-mcpherson-screenshot-142326.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Log rolling Great Egret, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-egret-log-rolling-mia-mcpherson-screenshot-142326.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-egret-log-rolling-mia-mcpherson-screenshot-142326-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-egret-log-rolling-mia-mcpherson-screenshot-142326-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-egret-log-rolling-mia-mcpherson-screenshot-142326-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/great-egret-log-rolling-mia-mcpherson-screenshot-142326.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/22\/log-rolling-great-egret-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Log Rolling Great Egret at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 22nd, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I had fun taking videos of a log rolling Great Egret in low light and mist two days ago while at Miner's Cove at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/22\/log-rolling-great-egret-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Log Rolling Great Egret at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175198\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175198 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-spicebush-swallowtail-butterflies tag-adult tag-blooming tag-blossoms tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-butterflies tag-butterfly tag-feeding tag-lyreleaf-sage tag-nectaring tag-papilio-troilus tag-purple-wildflowers tag-salvia-lyrata tag-spicebush-swallowtail tag-spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly tag-spring tag-swallowtail tag-swallowtails tag-wildflowers\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/19\/spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly-on-lyreleaf-sage\/\" aria-label=\"Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly On Lyreleaf Sage\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly nectaring on Lyreleaf Sage, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/19\/spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly-on-lyreleaf-sage\/\">Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly On Lyreleaf Sage<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 19th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Earlier this month, I photographed this Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly feeding on a plant I hadn't identified at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/19\/spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly-on-lyreleaf-sage\/\" aria-label=\"More on Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly On Lyreleaf Sage\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175108\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175108 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies tag-adult tag-blooming tag-bottomlands tag-butterflies tag-butterfly tag-close-up tag-clover tag-epargyreus-clarus tag-feeding tag-nectaring tag-silver-spotted-skipper tag-silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly tag-skipper tag-skippers tag-spring tag-trifolium-repens tag-white-clover\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/17\/focusing-on-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies\/\" aria-label=\"Focusing On Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Silver-spotted Skipper up close at Reeve&#039;s Slough, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/17\/focusing-on-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies\/\">Focusing On Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 17th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The last time I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge I spent some time focusing on Silver-spotted Skipper butterflies that were feeding on blooming clovers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/17\/focusing-on-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies\/\" aria-label=\"More on Focusing On Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-174859\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-174859 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-american-bitterns category-avian category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-american-bittern tag-bittern tag-bitterns tag-botaurus-lentiginosus tag-bottomlands tag-close-up tag-portrait tag-resting tag-slough tag-spring tag-wading-birds\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/15\/resting-american-bittern-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Resting American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Resting American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/15\/resting-american-bittern-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Resting American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 15th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Nine days after finding a surprise American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I found a bittern again in the same area of the refuge.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/15\/resting-american-bittern-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Resting American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-174483\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-174483 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-blue-winged-teals category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-blue-winged-teal tag-dabbling-ducks tag-drake tag-duck tag-ducks-2 tag-female tag-flight tag-hen tag-lift-off tag-lifting-off tag-male tag-miners-cove tag-slough tag-spatula-discors tag-spring tag-take-off tag-taking-off tag-teal tag-teals\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/12\/blue-winged-teal-pair-lifting-off\/\" aria-label=\"Blue-winged Teal Pair Lifting Off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/blue-winged-teal-mates-lifting-off-mia-mcpherson-3198.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Blue-winged Teal pair lifting off from Miner&#039;s Cove, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/blue-winged-teal-mates-lifting-off-mia-mcpherson-3198.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/blue-winged-teal-mates-lifting-off-mia-mcpherson-3198-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/blue-winged-teal-mates-lifting-off-mia-mcpherson-3198-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/blue-winged-teal-mates-lifting-off-mia-mcpherson-3198-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/blue-winged-teal-mates-lifting-off-mia-mcpherson-3198.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/12\/blue-winged-teal-pair-lifting-off\/\">Blue-winged Teal Pair Lifting Off<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 12th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Last week while sitting at Miner's Cove at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in my vehicle, I focused on a pair of Blue-winged Teal and caught the two of them lifting off from the water.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/12\/blue-winged-teal-pair-lifting-off\/\" aria-label=\"More on Blue-winged Teal Pair Lifting Off\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-174223\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-174223 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-pipevine-swallowtail-butterflies category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-battus-philenor tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-butterflies tag-butterfly tag-feeding tag-male tag-nectaring tag-pipevine-swallowtail tag-pipevine-swallowtail-butterfly tag-spring tag-swallowtail tag-swallowtails\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/10\/male-pipevine-swallowtail-butterfly-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Male Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pipevine-swallowtail-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-4096.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Male Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pipevine-swallowtail-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-4096.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pipevine-swallowtail-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-4096-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pipevine-swallowtail-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-4096-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pipevine-swallowtail-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-4096-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pipevine-swallowtail-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-4096.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/10\/male-pipevine-swallowtail-butterfly-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Male Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 10th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Earlier this week at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I had multiple butterflies in my viewfinder, including this gorgeous male Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/10\/male-pipevine-swallowtail-butterfly-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Male Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-174209\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-174209 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-barred-owls category-avian category-nesting-birds category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-wildlife-ethics-wildlife-ethics tag-adult tag-barred-owl tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-ethics tag-nesting-birds tag-nesting-season tag-owl tag-owls tag-perched tag-sky tag-spring tag-strix-varia tag-trees\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/08\/its-barred-owl-nesting-season-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"It&#8217;s Barred Owl Nesting Season At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3544.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Barred Owl adult during nesting season at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3544.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3544-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3544-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3544-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/barred-owl-adult-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3544.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/08\/its-barred-owl-nesting-season-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">It&#8217;s Barred Owl Nesting Season At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 8th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Two days ago my dear friend Steve Creek called me while I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge to let me know about a Barred Owl that was out in the open.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/08\/its-barred-owl-nesting-season-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on It&#8217;s Barred Owl Nesting Season At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-174188\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-174188 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-white-crowned-sparrows tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-downed-tree tag-immature tag-molt tag-molting tag-perched tag-sparrow tag-sparrows tag-spring tag-white-crowned-sparrow tag-young tag-zonotrichia-leucophrys\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/06\/immature-white-crowned-sparrow-molting-in-oklahoma\/\" aria-label=\"Immature White-crowned Sparrow Molting In Oklahoma\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-immature-molting-mia-mcpherson-3010.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Immature White-crowned Sparrow molting in Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-immature-molting-mia-mcpherson-3010.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-immature-molting-mia-mcpherson-3010-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-immature-molting-mia-mcpherson-3010-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-immature-molting-mia-mcpherson-3010-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/white-crowned-sparrow-immature-molting-mia-mcpherson-3010.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/06\/immature-white-crowned-sparrow-molting-in-oklahoma\/\">Immature White-crowned Sparrow Molting In Oklahoma<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 6th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/06\/immature-white-crowned-sparrow-molting-in-oklahoma\/\" aria-label=\"More on Immature White-crowned Sparrow Molting In Oklahoma\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-173926\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-173926 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-eastern-tiger-swallowtail-butterflies category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-autumn-olive tag-blooming tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-butterflies tag-butterfly tag-dark-morph tag-eastern-tiger-swallowtail tag-elaeagnus-umbellata tag-female tag-flowering tag-papilio-glaucus tag-shrub tag-spring tag-swallowtail tag-swallowtails\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/02\/dark-morph-female-eastern-tiger-swallowtail-at-sequoyah-nwr\/\" aria-label=\"Dark Morph Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail At Sequoyah NWR\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eastern-tiger-swallowtail-dark-autumn-olive-mia-mcpherson-2011.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dark morph female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eastern-tiger-swallowtail-dark-autumn-olive-mia-mcpherson-2011.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eastern-tiger-swallowtail-dark-autumn-olive-mia-mcpherson-2011-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eastern-tiger-swallowtail-dark-autumn-olive-mia-mcpherson-2011-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eastern-tiger-swallowtail-dark-autumn-olive-mia-mcpherson-2011-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eastern-tiger-swallowtail-dark-autumn-olive-mia-mcpherson-2011.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/02\/dark-morph-female-eastern-tiger-swallowtail-at-sequoyah-nwr\/\">Dark Morph Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail At Sequoyah NWR<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 2nd, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>At the end of March, I was tickled to have this dark morph female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly in my viewfinder at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/02\/dark-morph-female-eastern-tiger-swallowtail-at-sequoyah-nwr\/\" aria-label=\"More on Dark Morph Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail At Sequoyah NWR\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-173655\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-173655 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-american-bitterns category-avian category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-american-bittern tag-bittern tag-bitterns tag-botaurus-lentiginosus tag-bottomlands tag-close-up tag-dappled-light tag-migrating tag-migration tag-miners-cove tag-portrait tag-roadside tag-slough tag-spring tag-stare-down tag-staring tag-wading-birds\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/31\/surprise-american-bittern-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Surprise American Bittern At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bittern-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-2247.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Staring American Bittern portrait, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bittern-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-2247.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bittern-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-2247-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bittern-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-2247-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bittern-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-2247-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bittern-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-2247.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/31\/surprise-american-bittern-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Surprise American Bittern At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>March 31st, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>While I was driving near Miner's Cove at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday, I saw and photographed a surprise American Bittern right after the bird crossed the dirt road.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/31\/surprise-american-bittern-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Surprise American Bittern At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-173486\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-173486 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-american-bullfrogs category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-american-bullfrog tag-amphibians tag-bottomlands tag-bullfrog tag-bullfrogs tag-crown tag-four-corners-slough tag-frog tag-frogs tag-lithobates-catesbeianus tag-pondweed tag-slough tag-spring tag-vegetation tag-water\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/29\/bullfrog-queen-wearing-a-pondweed-crown\/\" aria-label=\"Bullfrog Queen Wearing A Pondweed Crown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bullfrog-sequoyah-spring-mia-mcpherson-1412.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"American Bullfrog Queen wearing a pondweed crown, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bullfrog-sequoyah-spring-mia-mcpherson-1412.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bullfrog-sequoyah-spring-mia-mcpherson-1412-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bullfrog-sequoyah-spring-mia-mcpherson-1412-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bullfrog-sequoyah-spring-mia-mcpherson-1412-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/american-bullfrog-sequoyah-spring-mia-mcpherson-1412.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/29\/bullfrog-queen-wearing-a-pondweed-crown\/\">Bullfrog Queen Wearing A Pondweed Crown<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>March 29th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Last week while at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I found an American Bullfrog Queen wearing a delightful and delicate pondweed crown that made me laugh out loud.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/29\/bullfrog-queen-wearing-a-pondweed-crown\/\" aria-label=\"More on Bullfrog Queen Wearing A Pondweed Crown\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-173109\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-173109 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-oklahoma category-pied-billed-grebes category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-bill tag-bottomlands tag-eating tag-feather tag-grebe tag-grebes-2 tag-miners-cove tag-pied-billed-grebe tag-podilymbus-podiceps tag-slough tag-spring tag-water tag-water-birds\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/26\/pied-billed-grebe-eating-a-feather-at-sequoyah-nwr\/\" aria-label=\"Pied-billed Grebe Eating A Feather At Sequoyah NWR\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pied-billed-grebe-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1310.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pied-billed Grebe eating a feather, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pied-billed-grebe-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1310.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pied-billed-grebe-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1310-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pied-billed-grebe-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1310-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pied-billed-grebe-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1310-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pied-billed-grebe-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-1310.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/26\/pied-billed-grebe-eating-a-feather-at-sequoyah-nwr\/\">Pied-billed Grebe Eating A Feather At Sequoyah NWR<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>March 26th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>On one of my recent trips to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge this week, I had fun photographing a Pied-billed Grebe eating a feather at Miner's Cove.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/26\/pied-billed-grebe-eating-a-feather-at-sequoyah-nwr\/\" aria-label=\"More on Pied-billed Grebe Eating A Feather At Sequoyah NWR\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-172886\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-172886 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-blue-winged-teals category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-blue-winged-teal tag-bottomlands tag-breeding-season tag-dabbling-ducks tag-drake tag-duck tag-ducks-2 tag-hen tag-log tag-mates tag-miners-cove tag-morning-light tag-pair tag-spatula-discors tag-spring tag-teal tag-teals tag-water tag-waterfowl\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/24\/pair-of-blue-winged-teal-on-a-log\/\" aria-label=\"Pair Of Blue-winged Teal On A Log\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-winged-teal-pair-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1157.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pair of Blue-winged Teal on a log in early morning light, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-winged-teal-pair-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1157.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-winged-teal-pair-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1157-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-winged-teal-pair-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1157-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-winged-teal-pair-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1157-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/blue-winged-teal-pair-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1157.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/24\/pair-of-blue-winged-teal-on-a-log\/\">Pair Of Blue-winged Teal On A Log<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>March 24th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>On my most recent trip to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I photographed a pair of Blue-winged Teal on a log in Miner's Cove in soft morning light.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/24\/pair-of-blue-winged-teal-on-a-log\/\" aria-label=\"More on Pair Of Blue-winged Teal On A Log\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-172612\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-172612 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avian category-oklahoma category-savannah-sparrows category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-bottomlands tag-field tag-grass tag-grasses tag-passerculus-sandwichensis tag-savannah-sparrow tag-sparrow tag-sparrows tag-tuft tag-winter tag-world-sparrow-day\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/20\/world-sparrow-day-2026-and-happy-first-day-of-spring\/\" aria-label=\"World Sparrow Day 2026 And Happy First Day Of Spring\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/savannah-sparrow-tuft-grass-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1088.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Savannah Sparrow on a tuft of grasses, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/savannah-sparrow-tuft-grass-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1088.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/savannah-sparrow-tuft-grass-sequoyah-NWR-mia-mcpherson-1088-200x143.jpg 200w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/20\/world-sparrow-day-2026-and-happy-first-day-of-spring\/\">World Sparrow Day 2026 And Happy First Day Of Spring<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>March 20th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>World Sparrow Day started in 2010 as a way to honor and protect House Sparrows in their native range because they are declining there.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/20\/world-sparrow-day-2026-and-happy-first-day-of-spring\/\" aria-label=\"More on World 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