{"id":149263,"date":"2025-06-24T05:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=149263"},"modified":"2025-06-24T05:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:01:15","slug":"immature-bald-eagle-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/06\/24\/immature-bald-eagle-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Immature Bald Eagle at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I was very happy to spot this immature Bald Eagle resting on a snag with a cottonwood tree in the background at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"RegalRegal immature Bald Eagle at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/2500, ISO 1600, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Bald Eagles are year-round residents at the refuge. I see them in the hardwood forests, flying over the refuge, and fishing in the Arkansas River.<\/p>\n

There is ample food for the eagles in the bottomlands of the Arkansas River and the surrounding habitats.<\/p>\n

This young Bald Eagle was very calm and cooperative, which allowed me to take a nice long series of the immature bird.<\/p>\n

I feel very fortunate to be able to see and photograph Bald Eagles every month of the year.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Yesterday I was very happy to spot this immature Bald Eagle resting on a snag with a cottonwood tree in the background at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[151,27,13973,13974],"tags":[846,2663,14190,13984,6577,10494,3903,3133,4152,4067,6583,4104,153,9551,4018,8453,2315,4427,4193],"class_list":["post-149263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bald-eagle","category-avian","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-bald-eagle","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest","tag-bottomlands","tag-branches","tag-cottonwood","tag-eagle","tag-eagles","tag-haliaeetus-leucocephalus","tag-immature","tag-leaves","tag-perched","tag-raptors","tag-regal","tag-sky","tag-snag","tag-summer-3","tag-tree","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/bald-eagle-immature-cottonwood-mia-mcpherson-0473.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-CPt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":171624,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/03\/09\/bald-eagles-mating-in-a-fog-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":149263,"position":0},"title":"Bald Eagles Mating In A Fog At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday was super foggy at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, but that didn't stop me from videoing mating Bald Eagles on a snag in the fog.","rel":"","context":"In "Bald Eagles"","block_context":{"text":"Bald Eagles","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/diurnal-raptors\/bald-eagle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Male Bald Eagle in fog at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bald-eagle-male-snag-in-fog-mia-mcpherson-9914.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bald-eagle-male-snag-in-fog-mia-mcpherson-9914.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bald-eagle-male-snag-in-fog-mia-mcpherson-9914.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bald-eagle-male-snag-in-fog-mia-mcpherson-9914.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":115088,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/08\/10\/bald-eagle-calling-at-dawn\/","url_meta":{"origin":149263,"position":1},"title":"Bald Eagle Calling At Dawn","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I saw Bald Eagles every time I went to Sequoyah NWR with my friend, Steve Creek. 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