{"id":156366,"date":"2025-09-17T03:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=156366"},"modified":"2025-09-17T03:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:54:14","slug":"great-blue-heron-in-a-sycamore-from-a-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/09\/17\/great-blue-heron-in-a-sycamore-from-a-distance\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron In A Sycamore: From A Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I\u2019m sharing a photo of a Great Blue Heron perched in a sycamore over Sally Jones Lake<\/span><\/a> at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

\"GreatGreat Blue Heron in a sycamore tree \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/800, ISO 1000, +1.0 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week I shared a photo of a Great Egret that was perched in the exact same tree<\/span><\/a>. The lighting was a little different that day.<\/p>\n

I had been driving slowly down the Sally Jones Causeway when I saw two vehicles ahead, side by side. Two people were outside one vehicle and one person was inside the other, chatting.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for me, I spotted this Great Blue Heron and a couple of Great Egrets on and near the lake. I stopped, got out, and photographed the birds while I waited for the road to clear.<\/p>\n

In total, I saw five or six Great Blue Herons that morning, which is an uptick compared to last month\u2019s visits to the refuge. I’m kind of excited about that.<\/p>\n

Fall begins in just a few days, and the weather will start to cool off. Just maybe I\u2019ll be seeing more birds again as the leaves on the trees start to drop.<\/p>\n

The Green and Yellow-crowned Night Herons will be migrating soon, but the Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons are year-round residents here.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d really love to get photos of the Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets perched in the trees as the leaves change color. Fingers crossed!<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Today I\u2019m sharing a photo of a Great Blue Heron perched in a sycamore over Sally Jones Lake at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156363,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,166,13973,13974],"tags":[4004,13506,4117,14190,13984,3987,627,626,6583,13505,15457,2315,13507,4427,313],"class_list":["post-156366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-great-blue-herons","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-adult","tag-american-sycamore","tag-ardea-herodias","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest","tag-bottomlands","tag-great-blue-heron","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-leaves","tag-platanus-occidentalis","tag-sally-jones-lake","tag-summer-3","tag-sycamore","tag-tree","tag-wading-birds"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t