{"id":17323,"date":"2014-12-13T06:58:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T13:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?page_id=17323"},"modified":"2026-04-13T06:53:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:53:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility\" 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-margin-top:10px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, #ffffff 0%,#ffffff 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-max-width:900px;--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);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" alt=\"Welcome To My Bird And Nature Photography Web Site\" title=\"Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600&#215;404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600x404-1.webp\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600x404-1.webp\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-121665\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27404%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20404%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27404%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600x404-1-200x135.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600x404-1-400x269.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600x404-1.webp 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility\"><h2><strong>Welcome!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/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 fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility\" 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_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-text fusion-text-2 fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility\"><p>On The Wing Photography contains posts with my photos plus the authentic stories behind my images.<\/p>\n<p>I am an Oklahoma based female photographer and nature writer who travels often to find birds and wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Wander with me on my photographic journeys via my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/daily-blog-posts\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">posts<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and feel free to look through my photo galleries.<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good!<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/about\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About Mia McPherson<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/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 fusion-no-small-visibility\" 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-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-4 fusion-no-small-visibility\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:26px;\"><h1><strong>Welcome!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>On The Wing Photography contains posts with my photos plus the authentic stories behind my images.\u00a0 Additionally, you can visit my extensive photo galleries which contain more than 14,000 images of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/birds\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>birds<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wildlife-galleries\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wildlife<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/flower-and-tree-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>flowers, and trees<\/strong><\/span><\/a> along with photos of the incredible <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/landscapes\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">landscapes<\/span><\/a><\/strong> I visit.<\/p>\n<p>My dream for my site was to be unique and my real life experiences in the field certainly are. For ten years, from May 2, 2015 to May 2, 2025, I never missed a single day of sharing posts.<\/p>\n<p>I am an Oklahoma based female photographer and nature writer who travels often to find birds and wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Wander with me on my photographic journeys via my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/daily-blog-posts\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>posts<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and feel free to look through my photo galleries.<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good!<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--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-margin-top:40px;--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-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" alt=\"Mia McPherson in the field\" title=\"Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600&#215;404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600x404-1.webp\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600x404-1.webp\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-121665\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27404%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20404%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27404%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600x404-1-200x135.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600x404-1-400x269.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Mia-McPherson-in-the-field-Montana-600x404-1.webp 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:24px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/about\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About Mia McPherson<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-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=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;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 fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7 fusion-no-small-visibility\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Stories Behind My Images<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-pagination fusion-no-small-visibility yes\" id=\"yes\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:6px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -6px !important; margin-right:-6px !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=\"1749\" data-grid-col-space=\"12\" style=\"margin: -6px -6px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-175198\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175198 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-spicebush-swallowtail-butterflies tag-adult tag-blooming tag-blossoms tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-butterflies tag-butterfly tag-feeding tag-lyreleaf-sage tag-nectaring tag-papilio-troilus tag-purple-wildflowers tag-salvia-lyrata tag-spicebush-swallowtail tag-spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly tag-spring tag-swallowtail tag-swallowtails tag-wildflowers\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/19\/spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly-on-lyreleaf-sage\/\" aria-label=\"Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly On Lyreleaf Sage\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly nectaring on Lyreleaf Sage, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/19\/spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly-on-lyreleaf-sage\/\">Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly On Lyreleaf Sage<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" title=\"Posts by Mia McPherson\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 19th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Earlier this month, I photographed this Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly feeding on a plant I hadn't identified at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/19\/spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly-on-lyreleaf-sage\/\" aria-label=\"More on Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly On Lyreleaf Sage\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-175108\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175108 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies tag-adult tag-blooming tag-bottomlands tag-butterflies tag-butterfly tag-close-up tag-clover tag-epargyreus-clarus tag-feeding tag-nectaring tag-silver-spotted-skipper tag-silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly tag-skipper tag-skippers tag-spring tag-trifolium-repens tag-white-clover\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/17\/focusing-on-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies\/\" aria-label=\"Focusing On Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Silver-spotted Skipper up close at Reeve&#039;s Slough, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/17\/focusing-on-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies\/\">Focusing On Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" title=\"Posts by Mia McPherson\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 17th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The last time I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge I spent some time focusing on Silver-spotted Skipper butterflies that were feeding on blooming clovers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/17\/focusing-on-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies\/\" aria-label=\"More on Focusing On Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-174859\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-174859 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-american-bitterns category-avian category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-american-bittern tag-bittern tag-bitterns tag-botaurus-lentiginosus tag-bottomlands tag-close-up tag-portrait tag-resting tag-slough tag-spring tag-wading-birds\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/15\/resting-american-bittern-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Resting American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Resting American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/15\/resting-american-bittern-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\">Resting American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" title=\"Posts by Mia McPherson\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 15th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Nine days after finding a surprise American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I found a bittern again in the same area of the refuge.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/15\/resting-american-bittern-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"More on Resting American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"pagination clearfix\"><span class=\"current\">1<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17323\/page\/2\/\" class=\"inactive\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17323\/page\/3\/\" class=\"inactive\">3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17323\/page\/4\/\" class=\"inactive\">4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17323\/page\/5\/\" 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type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-2 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:20px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-2 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -20px !important; margin-right:-20px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-pagination fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-1 isotope\" data-pages=\"1749\" data-grid-col-space=\"40\" style=\"margin: -20px -20px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-2-post-175198\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175198 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-spicebush-swallowtail-butterflies tag-adult tag-blooming tag-blossoms tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest tag-bottomlands tag-butterflies tag-butterfly tag-feeding tag-lyreleaf-sage tag-nectaring tag-papilio-troilus tag-purple-wildflowers tag-salvia-lyrata tag-spicebush-swallowtail tag-spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly tag-spring tag-swallowtail tag-swallowtails tag-wildflowers\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/19\/spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly-on-lyreleaf-sage\/\" aria-label=\"Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly On Lyreleaf Sage\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly nectaring on Lyreleaf Sage, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spicebush-swallowtail-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-3832.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/19\/spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly-on-lyreleaf-sage\/\">Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly On Lyreleaf Sage<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" title=\"Posts by Mia McPherson\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 19th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Earlier this month, I photographed this Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly feeding on a plant I hadn't identified at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/19\/spicebush-swallowtail-butterfly-on-lyreleaf-sage\/\" aria-label=\"More on Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly On Lyreleaf Sage\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-175108\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-175108 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge category-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies tag-adult tag-blooming tag-bottomlands tag-butterflies tag-butterfly tag-close-up tag-clover tag-epargyreus-clarus tag-feeding tag-nectaring tag-silver-spotted-skipper tag-silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly tag-skipper tag-skippers tag-spring tag-trifolium-repens tag-white-clover\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/17\/focusing-on-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies\/\" aria-label=\"Focusing On Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Silver-spotted Skipper up close at Reeve&#039;s Slough, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-spotted-skipper-butterfly-white-clover-mia-mcpherson-4749.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/17\/focusing-on-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies\/\">Focusing On Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" title=\"Posts by Mia McPherson\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><span>April 17th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The last time I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge I spent some time focusing on Silver-spotted Skipper butterflies that were feeding on blooming clovers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/17\/focusing-on-silver-spotted-skipper-butterflies\/\" aria-label=\"More on Focusing On Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-174859\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-174859 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-american-bitterns category-avian category-oklahoma category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge tag-adult tag-american-bittern tag-bittern tag-bitterns tag-botaurus-lentiginosus tag-bottomlands tag-close-up tag-portrait tag-resting tag-slough tag-spring tag-wading-birds\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/15\/resting-american-bittern-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\" aria-label=\"Resting American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/american-bittern-migrating-mia-mcpherson-4203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Resting American Bittern at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" 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