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Pied-billed Grebe and Reflection at Charleston Lake

January 21, 2026January 24, 2023 by Steve Creek
A Pied-billed Grebe swimming on calm water with a clear reflection at Charleston Lake.

See a Pied-billed Grebe reflection captured at Charleston Lake in Arkansas. Learn about grebe adaptations and photography tips.

Categories Bird Photography Tags Charleston, Charleston City Lake, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, Reflection, Water

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Immature Bald Eagle at Charleston City Lake in Arkansas

January 22, 2026January 23, 2023 by Steve Creek
Immature bald eagle perched at Charleston City Lake in Arkansas, showing mottled brown and white juvenile plumage

Immature bald eagle photographed at Charleston City Lake, Arkansas, with notes on juvenile plumage and the settings I used. Take a look.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Bird Photography, Charleston Tags bald eagle, Charelston City Lake, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Immature Bald Eagle

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Great Blue Heron Taking Off From Deep Water

January 22, 2026January 22, 2023 by Steve Creek
Great Blue Heron spreads wings wide while pushing up from deep water

Great Blue Heron takeoff from deep water at Charleston Lake, Arkansas, plus my settings and truck-window setup. See the full sequence.

Categories Arkansas Wildlife Locations, Bird Photography, Charleston, Great Blue Herons Tags bird flight, Charleston City Lake, Lake, Taking Flight

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Squirrel Appreciation Day 2023

January 22, 2026January 21, 2023 by Steve Creek
Fox Squirrel On Squirrel Appreciation Day

Christy Hargrove came up with the idea for Squirrel Appreciation Day on January 21, 2001. She is from Asheville and works at the North Carolina Nature Center.

Categories Squirrels Tags Fox Squirrel, oklahoma, sequoyah national wildlife refuge, Squirrel Appreciation Day

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Snow Goose Landing in a Sequoyah Field

January 22, 2026January 20, 2023 by Steve Creek
Snow goose landing in a field at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma, wings flared for touchdown

Snow goose landing at Sequoyah Refuge, Oklahoma. What I saw, what it means, and how I shot it. See the photo and notes.

Categories Bird Photography, Oklahoma Wildlife Locations, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Tags Anser caerulescens, Flying, Landing, Snow Geese, Snow Goose

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Downy Woodpecker With Beetle

January 22, 2026January 19, 2023 by Steve Creek
Downy Woodpecker holding a beetle in its bill at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

Downy woodpecker beetle moment at Sequoyah NWR, plus what I watched and how I shot it with my long lens. See the photo and notes.

Categories Bird Photography, National Wildlife Refuges, Oklahoma Wildlife Locations, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Tags Beetle, Downy Woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens, Tree

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American Black Vulture Portrait

January 23, 2026January 18, 2023 by Steve Creek
Close portrait of an American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) showing detailed feather texture and bare black head

The American Black Vulture’s vital role in nature, its unique features, and its behavior through an up-close encounter in Oklahoma.

Categories Bird Photography Tags American Black Vulture, Bird of prey, Canon EOS R7, carrion eater, conservation, ecosystem balance, Nature Photography, sequoyah national wildlife refuge, vultures, Wildlife observation, Wildlife Photography

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Pied-billed Grebe Handling a Shad at Charleston Lake

January 23, 2026January 17, 2023 by Steve Creek
Pied-billed Grebe With Shad

A Pied-billed Grebe handles and swallows a shad at Charleston Lake in Arkansas, showing how this small diving bird manages its prey.

Categories Bird Photography Tags Charleston, Charleston City Lake, Lake, Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, Shad
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