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Arkansas Wildlife Locations

Explore the diverse locations in Arkansas where I capture wildlife through my photography. This category serves as a guide to destinations that offer opportunities to observe various bird species, mammals, reptiles, and aquatic life.

Great Blue Heron Standing On Metal Dock

December 27, 2024January 8, 2021 by Steve Creek
Closeup Of A Great Blue Heron Standing On Metal Dock

Photograph of a Great Blue Heron at Charleston Lake, Arkansas, capturing its peaceful pose and stunning details on a calm December morning.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Bird Photography, Charleston, Great Blue Herons Tags Arkansas Wildlife, Bird photography, Birdwatching, Charleston Lake, Great Blue Heron, heron photography, Nature Photography, Wildlife Photography

Christmas Day Whitetail Buck

December 24, 2023December 25, 2020 by Steve Creek
Seven Point Buck

I was driving the back roads near Alma, Arkansas on Christmas Day back in 2007 when I saw this Whitetail Buck in a field. I took several photos before it left the field and went into the woods. If I remember correctly, I got out of my pickup while hand-holding my camera and lens to … Read more

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Deer and Ungulates Tags buck, whitetail

Calostoma Lutescens: A Rare Mushroom Find

November 16, 2024December 16, 2020 by Steve Creek
A Pair of Calostoma Lutescens in Ouachita National Forest

During a hike in Arkansas’ Ouachita National Forest, I photographed a pair of the Calostoma Lutescens mushrooms. Learn about this fungus species.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations Tags Arkansas hiking, Calostoma Lutescens, fungi photography, mushroom photography, ouachita national forest, Wildlife Photography, yellow-stalked puffball

A Splash of Color in My Arkansas Winter

November 21, 2023December 11, 2020 by Steve Creek
Eastern Bluebird On Side Of Tree

A wildlife photographer describes capturing photos of a vivid blue Eastern Bluebird perching in a tree in his backyard in Arkansas in December.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Bird Photography Tags Backyard birds, bird, bluebird, eastern bluebird, Nature Photography, Wildlife Photography, winter birds

A Busy Gray Squirrel | Ouachita National Forest

December 27, 2024December 2, 2020 by Steve Creek
Gray Squirrel Eating On Something

I lost count on how many acorns and other stuff this Gray Squirrel buried. I was sitting in a ground blind that I have set up on my property.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Squirrels Tags Acorns, Gray Squirrel, ouachita national forest

A Deer Watching a Crow in the Trees

November 3, 2024November 30, 2020 by Steve Creek
White-tailed Doe Observes a Noisy Crow

White-tailed Deer can look up for predator awareness, environmental scanning, and hunter detection. Learn why some deer watch the trees above.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Deer and Ungulates Tags Animal Behavior, animal curiosity, Bird Watching, crow, doe, fawn, Nature Photography, ouachita national forest, Whitetail Deer, wildlife, Wildlife Photography

Tom Turkey On Thanksgiving Day Here In Arkansas

October 11, 2024November 29, 2020 by Steve Creek
Tom Turkey on Thanksgiving Day

I had an incredible experience while photographing near the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas, where I encountered a majestic Tom Turkey on Thanksgiving Day.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Bird Photography Tags majestic birds, Nature Photography, ouachita national forest, Thanksgiving Day, tom turkey, wild turkey, wildlife, Wildlife Photography

Hawk Eating An Opossum On The Ground

October 11, 2024November 26, 2020 by Steve Creek
Hawk Eating Opossum Near My Home Here In Arkansas

A wildlife photographer in Arkansas captures remarkable photos of a hawk feeding on an opossum in a field near his home.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Bird Photography, Lavaca Tags Backyard, Hawk, nature, opossum, predator, Wildlife Photography

Old Weathered Barn With a Donkey | Arkansas

November 5, 2024November 17, 2020 by Steve Creek
Arkansas Heritage: The Barn and Its Guardian

Classic Arkansas scene of a rustic barn with a donkey, capturing the spirit of rural life along Southside Road near Oden.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations Tags Arkansas countryside, arkansas photography, countryside scenes, donkey, Oden Arkansas, rural Arkansas, rural life, rustic barn, Southside Road, Wildlife Photography

A Close Encounter with a Strange-Colored Coyote

October 11, 2024November 12, 2020 by Steve Creek
Strange-Colored Coyote On Fort Chaffee

A wildlife photographer describes an exciting close encounter with an unusually pale coyote at Fort Chaffee in Arkansas.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Coyote, Fort Chaffee Tags close encounter, coyote, pale coyote, unusual animal, Wildlife Photography

Eagle in Flight: Capturing the Majesty of Arkansas Wildlife

December 27, 2024November 7, 2020 by Steve Creek
Eagle in Flight Over Charleston City Lake

During a recent trip to Charleston, Arkansas, I had the opportunity to capture a stunning image of a Bald Eagle in flight.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Bird Photography, Charleston Tags Arkansas Wildlife, bald eagle, Birds of Prey, Charleston Lake, raptors, Wildlife Photography

Encounter with a Four-toed Salamander on an Arkansas Country Road

October 9, 2024October 15, 2020 by Steve Creek
Four-toed Salamander

Wildlife photographer Steve Creek describes encountering a Four-toed Salamander while walking near the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Salamanders Tags amphibian, four-toed salamander, Nature Photography, ouachita national forest, salamander, wildlife encounter, Wildlife Photography

American Crow Eating Ice

September 26, 2024September 26, 2020 by Steve Creek
An Icy Treat for an American Crow

Wildlife photographer Steve Creek writes about an experience photographing an American crow eating ice while camping in Arkansas.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Bird Photography Tags american crow, Animal Behavior, bird, camping, corvus brachyrhynchos, crow, ice, mount magazine state park, Nature Photography, wildlife, Wildlife Photography

Snake With Cloudy Eyes

September 26, 2024September 25, 2020 by Steve Creek
Snake With Cloudy Eye

A wildlife photographer in Arkansas spotted and photographed an unidentified snake species with cloudy eyes in his backyard.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Lavaca, Snakes Tags arkansas snakes, backyard snakes, cloudy snake eyes, snake, snake eyes, snake photograph, snake skin, snakes shedding skin, Wildlife Photography

Arkansas Cow Elk

January 9, 2024September 9, 2020 by Steve Creek
Arkansas Cow Elk

Once in a while I will make a trip to Buffalo National River here in Arkansas to photograph Elk. I haven’t been in several years and I need to make a trip.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Elk Tags buffalo national river
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