{"id":149788,"date":"2025-07-05T04:41:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T09:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=149788"},"modified":"2025-07-05T04:41:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T09:41:59","slug":"female-dickcissel-in-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/07\/05\/female-dickcissel-in-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Dickcissel In Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was delighted to photograph this female Dickcissel perched on a dock two days ago from the auto tour road at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

\"FemaleFemale Dickcissel perched on dock in Oklahoma \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f9, 1\/250, ISO 800, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I know this is a female Dickcissel because she\u2019s missing the black V on the throat that an adult male would have.<\/p>\n

I can also tell she\u2019s an adult. Any young that hatched this year would still show some streaking on the breast, and she doesn\u2019t have that.<\/p>\n

From what I\u2019ve been told, Dickcissels<\/span><\/a> used to be more numerous at the refuge. The flooding in 2019 and the habitat changes that followed the flood may be the reason for the drop in their numbers.<\/p>\n

Utah doesn\u2019t typically have Dickcissels, so I\u2019m just happy to have them in my viewfinder whenever it happens here in Oklahoma or Arkansas. I just wish it happened more often.<\/p>\n

The dark rust colored seeds of the plant this female was perched on clued me in that it is a member of the Rumex<\/em> genus.\u00a0I believe it’s Curly Dock, but it might also be Hastate-leaved or Swamp Dock. I should have taken a photo of the leaves.<\/p>\n

I should be able to relocate the plant easily the next time I\u2019m at the refuge. It was right next to the road.<\/p>\n

Perhaps this female Dickcissel will be perched on it again!<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I was delighted to photograph this female Dickcissel perched on a dock two days ago from the auto tour road at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[27,14015,13973,13974],"tags":[4004,14190,13984,14017,14019,13488,4070,4109,4104,14016,2315],"class_list":["post-149788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-dickcissels","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-adult","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest","tag-bottomlands","tag-dickcissel","tag-dickcissels","tag-dock","tag-female","tag-grasses","tag-perched","tag-spiza-americana","tag-summer-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dickcissel-female-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-1054.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-CXW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147728,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/06\/05\/male-dickcissel-singing-on-a-cornstalk\/","url_meta":{"origin":149788,"position":0},"title":"Male Dickcissel Singing On A Cornstalk","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this week, I photographed this adult male Dickcissel singing on a cornstalk in nice morning light.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult male Dickcissel singing on a cornstalk, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dickcissel-adult-male-singing-cornstalk-mia-mcpherson-9235.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dickcissel-adult-male-singing-cornstalk-mia-mcpherson-9235.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dickcissel-adult-male-singing-cornstalk-mia-mcpherson-9235.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dickcissel-adult-male-singing-cornstalk-mia-mcpherson-9235.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":113878,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/06\/19\/my-lifer-dickcissel-photos-at-sequoyah-nwr\/","url_meta":{"origin":149788,"position":1},"title":"My Lifer Dickcissel Photos At Sequoyah NWR","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The subject today is my lifer Dickcissel photos taken at Sequoyah NWR in Oklahoma. 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