{"id":159271,"date":"2025-10-04T09:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=159271"},"modified":"2025-10-04T09:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:18:41","slug":"beams-of-sunlight-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/10\/04\/beams-of-sunlight-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Beams Of Sunlight At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m sharing a simple image of some beams of sunlight I saw last month while driving through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/sequoyah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-159268 size-full\" title=\"Beams of sunlight at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sequoyah-NWR-sun-beams-mia-mcpherson-8213.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sequoyah-NWR-sun-beams-mia-mcpherson-8213.jpg\" alt=\"Beams of sunlight at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sequoyah-NWR-sun-beams-mia-mcpherson-8213-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sequoyah-NWR-sun-beams-mia-mcpherson-8213-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sequoyah-NWR-sun-beams-mia-mcpherson-8213-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sequoyah-NWR-sun-beams-mia-mcpherson-8213-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sequoyah-NWR-sun-beams-mia-mcpherson-8213-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sequoyah-NWR-sun-beams-mia-mcpherson-8213.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Beams of sunlight at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/640, ISO 1600, -0.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 100mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I stopped to take photos, hopped out of my Jeep, and laughed because I was three feet away from a Nine-banded Armadillo that came out of the grasses at the side of the road.<\/p>\n<p>The armadillo paid me no attention at all and walked slowly to the other side of the road where it disappeared into the tall grasses.<\/p>\n<p>It was too bad I had such terrible light on the armadillo. I would have liked photos of them. I always want more armadillo photos!<\/p>\n<p>I quickly realized I didn\u2019t have my camera that I use for landscapes with me, so I zoomed back and took photos anyway. I quite liked this image of the refuge with the beams of sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that when the leaves change color I get the chance to take more photos with sun beams in them of this stretch of the road at the refuge.<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my photos of Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma plus facts and information about the refuge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m sharing a simple image of some beams of sunlight I saw last month while driving through Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in 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