{"id":129190,"date":"2024-06-05T02:48:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T07:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=129190"},"modified":"2024-06-05T11:48:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T16:48:27","slug":"oklahoma-move-update-landing-western-cattle-egret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/06\/05\/oklahoma-move-update-landing-western-cattle-egret\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Move Update – Landing Western Cattle Egret"},"content":{"rendered":"

This landing cattle egret is slightly symbolic of my arrival in a new state and seeing the birds and wildlife of Oklahoma right outside my back door every day.<\/p>\n

\"LandingLanding Western Cattle Egret \u2013 Nikon D500, tripod mounted, f9, 1\/800, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The birds are amazing, and I see these cattle egrets feeding and foraging in the yard and fields up close and personal.<\/p>\n

In addition to the egrets, when they are feeding, the Mississippi Kites fly in and swoop down towards the insects that the egrets stir up. Sometimes I see anywhere between one to six Mississippi Kites in action.<\/p>\n

All I need are sunshine and blue skies with high thin clouds, instead of the gray ones of the past week or the bright sunny ones when the sun is too high to be photographing the kites.<\/p>\n

I’ve got my fingers and<\/em> toes crossed for those kind of conditions!<\/p>\n

\"BloomingBlooming Fourpoint Evening Primrose \u2013 Nikon D500, tripod mounted, f9, 1\/1250, ISO 640, -0.3, EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

There are five acres here where I can wander, and fields all over the place are covered in blooming Fourpoint Evening Primroses<\/span><\/a>. They sure look pretty against the white plumage of the Western Cattle Egrets.<\/p>\n

And going back to the birds, so far these are the yard birds I have seen and\/or heard:<\/p>\n

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  1. \n
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    1. Mississippi Kites<\/li>\n
    2. Eastern Meadowlarks<\/li>\n
    3. Northern Mockingbirds<\/li>\n
    4. Northern Cardinal<\/li>\n
    5. Lark Sparrows<\/li>\n
    6. Scissor-tailed Flycatchers<\/li>\n
    7. Western Cattle Egrets<\/li>\n
    8. Black Vultures<\/li>\n
    9. Turkey Vultures<\/li>\n
    10. Eastern Kingbirds<\/li>\n
    11. Mourning Doves<\/li>\n
    12. Barn Swallows<\/li>\n
    13. Cliff Swallows<\/li>\n
    14. Eastern Bluebirds<\/li>\n
    15. Red-tailed Hawks<\/li>\n
    16. Snowy Egrets<\/li>\n
    17. Canada Geese<\/li>\n
    18. Great Blue Heron<\/li>\n
    19. Brown-headed Cowbirds<\/li>\n
    20. Red-winged Blackbirds<\/li>\n
    21. Western Kingbirds<\/li>\n
    22. House Sparrows<\/li>\n
    23. Eastern Towhees<\/li>\n
    24. Ruby-throated Hummingbird<\/li>\n
    25. Common Nighthawk<\/li>\n
    26. American Crow<\/li>\n
    27. Killdeer<\/li>\n
    28. Carolina Chickadee<\/li>\n
    29. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher<\/li>\n
    30. Yellow-billed Cuckoo(Rain Crow, heard)<\/li>\n
    31. Eastern Phoebe (heard)<\/li>\n
    32. Carolina Wren<\/li>\n
    33. Red-bellied Woodpecker (heard)<\/li>\n
    34. Orchard Oriole<\/li>\n
    35. Greater Roadrunner<\/li>\n
    36. Great-crested Flycatcher<\/li>\n
    37. Cooper’s Hawk<\/li>\n
    38. Purple Martin<\/li>\n
    39. Song Sparrow<\/li>\n
    40. Bald Eagle<\/li>\n
    41. sparrow sp (Can’t make them all out, yet)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      In addition to the birds, I have seen deer from the back step. There is also a young Eastern Cottontail I see almost daily, and a lizard I am excited to photograph and identify.<\/p>\n

      Yes, I have landed, every morning is the start of a new adventure.<\/p>\n

      And life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

      Mia<\/p>\n

      Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Western Cattle Egret photos plus facts and information about this species. Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      This landing Cattle Egret is slightly symbolic of my arrival in a new state and seeing the birds and wildlife of Oklahoma right outside my back door every 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