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A Greater Roadrunner Walks Up to My Truck

September 17, 2026 by Steve Creek
Tight side portrait showing a brown eye, long bill, and black, white, and rusty head feathers

A Greater Roadrunner close-up encounter at Black Mesa State Park in Oklahoma surprised me when the bird walked up to my truck door.

Categories Bird Photography Tags bird portraits, Black Mesa State Park, Greater Roadrunner, Lake Carl Etling, Oklahoma wildlife, roadrunner encounter, Wildlife Photography 1 Comment

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My First Badger Photos at Black Mesa State Park

September 16, 2026 by Steve Creek
Black Mesa badger standing in grass near cactus, with its face turned toward the camera

My first Black Mesa badger encounter came while searching for Burrowing Owls, giving me the photos I had wanted to take for years.

Categories Wildlife Photography Tags American Badger, badger burrow, Black Mesa State Park, Black-tailed Prairie Dogs, Burrowing Owls, camping, oklahoma 3 Comments

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Five Days Photographing Wildlife at Fort Supply Lake

September 13, 2026 by Steve Creek
My truck and travel trailer at a tree-lined campsite at Fort Supply Lake in Oklahoma

Fort Supply Lake wildlife filled my five-day camping trip with birds and deer to photograph before heading to Black Mesa State Park.

Categories Wildlife Photography Tags Black Mesa State Park, camping, Fort Supply Lake, Great Blue Heron, Greater Roadrunner, Northern Bobwhite, Oklahoma wildlife, turkey vulture, white-tailed deer, wild turkey 1 Comment

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Maggots Feeding on a Deer Carcass Near Lake Carl Etling

March 16, 2026 by Steve Creek
Maggots feeding on a deer carcass near Lake Carl Etling at Black Mesa State Park in Oklahoma

I filmed maggots feeding on a deer carcass near Lake Carl Etling at Black Mesa State Park in Oklahoma in September 2024.

Categories Insect Photography Tags Black Mesa State Park, decomposition, deer carcass, Lake Carl Etling, maggots, oklahoma 2 Comments
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