Five Days Photographing Wildlife at Fort Supply Lake

I’ve spent the past five days camping and photographing Fort Supply Lake wildlife in Oklahoma. This was my first visit to the lake, and I had a great stay.

Getting to Know Fort Supply Lake Wildlife

Fort Supply Lake sits on Wolf Creek in northwest Oklahoma’s Woodward County. It’s about one mile south of Fort Supply and 12 miles northwest of Woodward.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages the lake, which covers about 1,800 acres. Visitors come here to camp, fish, boat, and watch birds. Around the lake, roughly 6,000 acres of public hunting land provide more room for wildlife. The Corps and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation manage those lands. Fort Supply Lake area information.

For this visit, I made my camp among the trees and spent five days photographing wildlife in the area.

If you’ve read my last couple of posts, you’ve seen some of what I found here. I shared an immature Osprey carrying a fish at Fort Supply Lake. I also wrote about a Great Blue Heron watching a snake swim past.

Those encounters were part of a trip that gave me several other subjects to photograph.

Photographing Birds and Deer Around the Lake

Along the water, I photographed a Great Blue Heron with a fish held between its open mandibles. The close view shows the fish and the heron’s long bill.

Another heron photograph shows the bird leaning toward the water with its wings spread above the rocks (Lost its balance). I like having both the close view and a wider photograph showing the bird at the shoreline.

A Turkey Vulture on the bank gave me another lakeside subject. Its red head stands out against the water behind it.

Away from the water, I photographed a Northern Bobwhite among the grass. Its patterned feathers blend with the stems, while its white throat and bold face markings stand out.

I also photographed a Wild Turkey facing me in the grass and a Greater Roadrunner with its long tail raised.

The White-tailed Fawns were another highlight. One portrait shows a fawn’s face, large ears, and spotted coat against the brush.

In the wider view, a fawn stands in the grass with fading spots across its hindquarters. These deer photographs gave me a change from the birds I photographed around the lake.

Leaving Fort Supply for Black Mesa State Park

I’m leaving today, Sunday, and heading to Black Mesa State Park in the Oklahoma Panhandle for 14 days.

I came to Fort Supply Lake without having visited before. After five days of photographing birds and deer, I’m glad I included it in this camping trip. Now I’m looking forward to seeing what I can photograph around Black Mesa.