A Great Blue Heron Struggling
Watch a Great Blue Heron struggle with a too-large sunfish at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. A lesson in nature’s challenges.
An Exoskeleton Of A Dragonfly Nymph
The dragonfly emerges after the nymph crawls out of the water and attaches itself to a nearby plant. I was parked on the side of the auto tour road at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma photographing a Barred Owl. This exoskeleton was near the road, so I got out of my pick-up to … Read more
Encounter With A Young Cottontail Rabbit
I was doing yard work when this baby Cottontail Rabbit ran out from under my deck. It got against a pine tree and was difficult to see.
Prothonotary Warbler Near an Owl at Sequoyah NWR
I spotted a Prothonotary Warbler near a Barred Owl at Sequoyah NWR and grabbed a few quick shots of this brilliant yellow songbird.
Whitetail Buck In Dockery Field
From a distance it was difficult for me to see that this was a Whitetail Buck beginning to grow new antlers. I at first thought it was a Doe because it was with a couple of them. The Whitetail Buck was in a field (Dockery Field) near the auto tour road which is at the … Read more
Barred Owl Stretching A Leg
This Barred Owl stretching a leg is the same Barred Owl I posted about a few days ago (Barred Owl Hunting A Roadside Ditch). It was near the same ditch. The Barred Owl was in an area that I couldn’t see it when I first drove by. I spotted it on my return trip. It … Read more
Whitetail Doe On April 25
This Whitetail Doe was in a field that I know as “Dockery Field” which is at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. I had my camera and lens resting on a bean bag draped over the open window of my pickup. Gear Used: Camera: Fujifilm X-T3 Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS … Read more
Great Blue Heron In Flooded Roadside Ditch
This Great Blue Heron was hunting in a flooded roadside ditch at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.