Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Yawning at Sequoyah Refuge

Young Yellow-crowned Night-Heron yawning beside wetland habitat at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron yawning at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, photographed from an auto tour road on a calm August morning.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo Success at Sequoyah Refuge

ellow-billed Cuckoo perched on a branch surrounded by green leaves at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

This year has been a good one for me when it comes to photographing the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Over the years, this has been a difficult bird for me.

Whitetail Deer in a Soybean Field

Whitetail fawn partially hidden in soybean field with only its head visible

Whitetail deer in soybean fields at Sequoyah Refuge show how crops conceal wildlife. See a fawn and doe hidden in dense summer growth.