{"id":113878,"date":"2023-06-19T01:23:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=113878"},"modified":"2023-06-18T14:34:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T20:34:33","slug":"my-lifer-dickcissel-photos-at-sequoyah-nwr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/06\/19\/my-lifer-dickcissel-photos-at-sequoyah-nwr\/","title":{"rendered":"My Lifer Dickcissel Photos At Sequoyah NWR"},"content":{"rendered":"

The subject today is my lifer Dickcissel photos taken at Sequoyah NWR<\/span><\/a> in Oklahoma. Huge thanks go to my friend Steve<\/span><\/a> for putting me on this male.<\/p>\n

\"DickcisselDickcissel adult male back view \u2013 Canon R7, f11, 1\/1000, ISO 1250, +1.0 EV, Canon RF 800 mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Steve had put his RF 800mm lens on the Canon R7 that he has generously loaned me the use of while I am visiting him. Without that reach the Dickcissel would have been smaller in the frame than what he is.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Dickcissel in a cottonwood tree \u2013 Canon R7, f11, 1\/1000, ISO 800, +0.7 EV, Canon RF 800 mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Dickcissels look a little bit like sparrows but they are actually in the Cardinalidae<\/em>, or Cardinal, family and are not related to sparrows at all. Thanks to Steve, I know that this species is named for its song<\/span><\/a> which sounds like dick-dick-cissel.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult male Dickcissel in pre-lift off pose \u2013 Canon R7, f11, 1\/1000, ISO 800, +0.7 EV, Canon RF 800 mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Dickcissels are seed-eating, migratory birds that breed in in prairie grasslands. They are found from eastern Montana and the Great Lakes region through the Mississippi River Valley and south to Texas and the Gulf Coast. This species spends the winter in the tropics.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult male Dickcissel with a mayfly \u2013 Canon R7, f11, 1\/1250, ISO 800, +0.7 EV, Canon RF 800 mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This male Dickcissel was fairly cooperative because it was focused on catching mayflies which were very abundant yesterday.<\/p>\n

It has been a thrill for me to see Dickcissels and to photograph them on the refuge. I may have seen this species without even knowing it when I was a child but I now count them as a lifer because I took photos of them. I hope that I will be able to take more!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Dickcissel photos. I will be adding more when I have time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The subject today is my lifer Dickcissel photos taken at Sequoyah NWR in Oklahoma. 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