{"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-177067\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-177067 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-striped-skunks tag-adult tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-gravel-road tag-low-light-2 tag-mammals tag-mephitis-mephitis tag-road tag-sally-jones-causeway tag-sally-jones-lake tag-skunk tag-skunks tag-striped-skunk tag-summer-3 tag-walking\">\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\/09\/12\/striped-skunk-walking-on-the-sally-jones-causeway\/\" aria-label=\"Striped Skunk Walking On The Sally Jones Causeway\">\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\/09\/striped-skunk-gravel-road-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6016.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Striped Skunk walking on Sally Jones Causeway, 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\/09\/striped-skunk-gravel-road-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6016.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/striped-skunk-gravel-road-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6016-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/striped-skunk-gravel-road-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6016-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/striped-skunk-gravel-road-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6016-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/striped-skunk-gravel-road-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-6016.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\/09\/12\/striped-skunk-walking-on-the-sally-jones-causeway\/\">Striped Skunk Walking On The Sally Jones Causeway<\/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>September 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>It was early morning on the last day of August when I found a Striped Skunk walking towards me on the Sally Jones Causeway 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\/09\/12\/striped-skunk-walking-on-the-sally-jones-causeway\/\" aria-label=\"More on Striped Skunk Walking On The Sally Jones Causeway\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-177035\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-177035 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-common-five-lined-skinks category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-bottomlands tag-common-five-lined-skink tag-deadfall tag-fallen tag-lizard tag-lizards tag-log tag-plestiodon-fasciatus tag-reptiles tag-skink tag-skinks tag-summer-3 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\/08\/31\/common-five-lined-skink-on-a-log\/\" aria-label=\"Common Five-lined Skink 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\/08\/common-five-lined-skink-log-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-horizontal-6002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Common Five-lined Skink on a fallen log at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge - Horizontal presentation, 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\/08\/common-five-lined-skink-log-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-horizontal-6002.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/common-five-lined-skink-log-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-horizontal-6002-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/common-five-lined-skink-log-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-horizontal-6002-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/common-five-lined-skink-log-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-horizontal-6002-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/common-five-lined-skink-log-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-horizontal-6002.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\/08\/31\/common-five-lined-skink-on-a-log\/\">Common Five-lined Skink 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>August 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>If I hadn't found this Common Five-lined Skink the last time I went to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I would have driven home with only documentary images.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/08\/31\/common-five-lined-skink-on-a-log\/\" aria-label=\"More on Common Five-lined Skink On A Log\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-176992\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176992 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-spotted-orbweavers tag-adult tag-autumn tag-beetle tag-beetles tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-fall tag-june-beetle tag-june-bug tag-morning tag-natural tag-neoscona-crucifera tag-orbweaver tag-orbweavers tag-spider tag-spiders tag-spotlight tag-spotted-orbweaver tag-web\">\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\/08\/19\/spotted-orbweaver-with-prey-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Spotted Orbweaver With Prey 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\/08\/spotted-orbweaver-june-bug-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-5221.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spotted Orbweaver with beetle prey, 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\/08\/spotted-orbweaver-june-bug-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-5221.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/spotted-orbweaver-june-bug-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-5221-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/spotted-orbweaver-june-bug-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-5221-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/spotted-orbweaver-june-bug-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-5221-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/spotted-orbweaver-june-bug-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-5221.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\/08\/19\/spotted-orbweaver-with-prey-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Spotted Orbweaver With Prey 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>August 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 a Spotted Orbweaver with prey from my vehicle on the auto tour road 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\/08\/19\/spotted-orbweaver-with-prey-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Spotted Orbweaver With Prey 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-176891\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176891 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-great-blue-skimmer-dragonflies category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-dragonflies tag-dragonfly tag-female tag-great-blue-skimmer tag-great-blue-skimmer-dragonfly tag-insects tag-libellula-vibrans tag-male tag-odonata tag-perched tag-skimmer tag-skimmers tag-summer-3 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\/07\/28\/great-blue-skimmer-dragonflies-in-oklahoma\/\" aria-label=\"Great Blue Skimmer Dragonflies 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\/07\/great-blue-skimmer-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3742.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Male Great Blue Skimmer dragonfly 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\/07\/great-blue-skimmer-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3742.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/great-blue-skimmer-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3742-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/great-blue-skimmer-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3742-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/great-blue-skimmer-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3742-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/great-blue-skimmer-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3742.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\/07\/28\/great-blue-skimmer-dragonflies-in-oklahoma\/\">Great Blue Skimmer Dragonflies 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>July 28th, 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 July, I added Great Blue Skimmer as a lifer dragonfly. These photos of both sexes of skimmers were taken 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\/07\/28\/great-blue-skimmer-dragonflies-in-oklahoma\/\" aria-label=\"More on Great Blue Skimmer Dragonflies In Oklahoma\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-176875\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176875 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-bunting tag-buntings tag-indigo-bunting tag-male tag-passerina-cyanea tag-perched tag-summer-3\">\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\/07\/27\/indigo-bunting-male-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Indigo Bunting Male 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\/07\/indigo-bunting-male-summer-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3697.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Indigo Bunting male 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\/07\/indigo-bunting-male-summer-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3697.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/indigo-bunting-male-summer-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3697-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/indigo-bunting-male-summer-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3697-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/indigo-bunting-male-summer-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3697-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/indigo-bunting-male-summer-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3697.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\/07\/27\/indigo-bunting-male-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Indigo Bunting Male 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>July 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>I haven't found buntings to be easy to approach this year at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, so I was happy this Indigo Bunting stayed put for a few frames.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/07\/27\/indigo-bunting-male-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Indigo Bunting Male 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-176857\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176857 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-jade-clubtail-dragonflies category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-video tag-adult tag-arigomphus-submedianus tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-breeding tag-clubtail tag-clubtails tag-dragonflies tag-dragonfly tag-female tag-jade-clubtail tag-jade-clubtail-dragonflies tag-male tag-mating tag-mating-wheel tag-odonata tag-summer-3 tag-video\">\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\/07\/23\/mating-jade-clubtail-dragonflies-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Mating Jade Clubtail Dragonflies 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\/07\/jade-clubtail-dragonflies-mating-mia-mcpherson-4563.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mating Jade Clubtail dragonflies 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\/07\/jade-clubtail-dragonflies-mating-mia-mcpherson-4563.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jade-clubtail-dragonflies-mating-mia-mcpherson-4563-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jade-clubtail-dragonflies-mating-mia-mcpherson-4563-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jade-clubtail-dragonflies-mating-mia-mcpherson-4563-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jade-clubtail-dragonflies-mating-mia-mcpherson-4563.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\/07\/23\/mating-jade-clubtail-dragonflies-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Mating Jade Clubtail Dragonflies 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>July 23rd, 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 Sunday, I was surprised to be able to photograph and video mating Jade Clubtail dragonflies from the auto tour route 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\/07\/23\/mating-jade-clubtail-dragonflies-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Mating Jade Clubtail Dragonflies 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-176838\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176838 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-common-five-lined-skinks category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-climbing tag-common-five-lined-skink tag-dead tag-lizard tag-lizards tag-plestiodon-fasciatus tag-reptiles tag-root tag-skink tag-skinks tag-snag tag-summer-3 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\/07\/22\/common-five-lined-skink-photos-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Common Five-lined Skink Photos 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\/07\/common-five-lined-skink-root-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2841.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Common Five-lined Skink on a tree root 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\/07\/common-five-lined-skink-root-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2841.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/common-five-lined-skink-root-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2841-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/common-five-lined-skink-root-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2841-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/common-five-lined-skink-root-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2841-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/common-five-lined-skink-root-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2841.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\/07\/22\/common-five-lined-skink-photos-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Common Five-lined Skink Photos 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>July 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>On my most recent visit to the refuge, I found a Common Five-lined Skink climbing a dead tree while driving toward the entrance.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/07\/22\/common-five-lined-skink-photos-from-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Common Five-lined Skink Photos 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-176803\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176803 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-buttonbush category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-blooming tag-blossoms tag-bottomlands tag-buttonbush tag-cephalanthus-occidentalis tag-flowering tag-hover-fly tag-hoverfly tag-shrub tag-slough tag-summer-3 tag-tree tag-white-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\/07\/20\/blooming-buttonbush-and-hover-fly-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Blooming Buttonbush And Hover Fly 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\/07\/buttonbush-hoverfly-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3365.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Blooming Buttonbush with a hover fly 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\/07\/buttonbush-hoverfly-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3365.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/buttonbush-hoverfly-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3365-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/buttonbush-hoverfly-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3365-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/buttonbush-hoverfly-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3365-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/buttonbush-hoverfly-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-3365.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\/07\/20\/blooming-buttonbush-and-hover-fly-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Blooming Buttonbush And Hover Fly 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>July 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>It has been a real treat for me to see blooming Buttonbush again this summer. I had gone more than a decade without seeing these beautiful, spherical white wildflowers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/07\/20\/blooming-buttonbush-and-hover-fly-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Blooming Buttonbush And Hover Fly 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-176763\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176763 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-video category-widow-skimmer-dragonflies tag-adult tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-dragonflies tag-dragonfly tag-libellula-luctuosa tag-male tag-perched tag-resting tag-skimmer tag-skimmers tag-summer-3 tag-video tag-widow-skimmer tag-widow-skimmer-dragonfly\">\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\/07\/18\/widow-skimmer-dragonfly-photos-and-video\/\" aria-label=\"Widow Skimmer Dragonfly Photos and Video From 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\/07\/widow-skimmer-male-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3664.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Male Widow Skimmer 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\/07\/widow-skimmer-male-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3664.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/widow-skimmer-male-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3664-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/widow-skimmer-male-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3664-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/widow-skimmer-male-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3664-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/widow-skimmer-male-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3664.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\/07\/18\/widow-skimmer-dragonfly-photos-and-video\/\">Widow Skimmer Dragonfly Photos and Video From 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>July 18th, 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 was thrilled to photograph and video my first-ever Widow Skimmer dragonfly while driving the auto tour route 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\/07\/18\/widow-skimmer-dragonfly-photos-and-video\/\" aria-label=\"More on Widow Skimmer Dragonfly Photos and Video From Sequoyah NWR\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-176730\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176730 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-swamp-rabbits category-video tag-adult tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-cottontail tag-cottontails tag-grass tag-grasses tag-grooming tag-rabbit tag-rabbits tag-summer-3 tag-swamp-rabbit tag-sylvilagus-aquaticus\">\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\/07\/16\/grooming-swamp-rabbit-adult-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Grooming Swamp Rabbit Adult 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\/07\/swamp-rabbit-grooming-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3884.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Grooming Swamp Rabbit 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\/07\/swamp-rabbit-grooming-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3884.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/swamp-rabbit-grooming-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3884-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/swamp-rabbit-grooming-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3884-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/swamp-rabbit-grooming-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3884-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/swamp-rabbit-grooming-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3884.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\/07\/16\/grooming-swamp-rabbit-adult-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Grooming Swamp Rabbit Adult 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>July 16th, 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 visit to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I was tickled to have a grooming Swamp Rabbit in my viewfinder up near the Arkansas River in the early morning.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/07\/16\/grooming-swamp-rabbit-adult-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Grooming Swamp Rabbit Adult 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-176520\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176520 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-three-toed-box-turtles tag-bottomlands tag-box-turtle tag-box-turtles tag-gravel tag-reptiles tag-road tag-side-view tag-summer-3 tag-terrapene-triunguis tag-three-toed-box-turtle tag-turtle tag-turtles 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\/06\/24\/young-three-toed-box-turtle-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Young Three-toed Box Turtle 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\/three-toed-box-turtle-young-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2703.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Young Three-toed Box Turtle 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\/06\/three-toed-box-turtle-young-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2703.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/three-toed-box-turtle-young-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2703-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/three-toed-box-turtle-young-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2703-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/three-toed-box-turtle-young-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2703-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/three-toed-box-turtle-young-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2703.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\/24\/young-three-toed-box-turtle-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Young Three-toed Box Turtle 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 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>Earlier this week I found a young Three-toed Box Turtle crossing a gravel road while I was driving the auto tour route 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\/06\/24\/young-three-toed-box-turtle-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Young Three-toed Box Turtle 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-176497\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-176497 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-barred-owl tag-bottomlands tag-calling tag-chick tag-immature tag-juvenile tag-miners-cove tag-owl tag-owls tag-slough tag-strix-varia tag-tree tag-video 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\/06\/21\/barred-owl-chick-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Barred Owl Chick 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\/barred-owl-chick-calling-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2305.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Barred Owl chick calling from a willow tree, 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\/06\/barred-owl-chick-calling-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2305.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/barred-owl-chick-calling-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2305-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/barred-owl-chick-calling-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2305-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/barred-owl-chick-calling-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2305-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/barred-owl-chick-calling-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-2305.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\/21\/barred-owl-chick-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Barred Owl Chick 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 21st, 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 was happy to find both adults and one Barred Owl chick at Miner's Cove just after sunrise.<\/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\/21\/barred-owl-chick-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Barred Owl Chick 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-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\" 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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 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