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Great Blue Heron Tries to Reach a Frozen Fish

January 8, 2026January 24, 2024 by Steve Creek
Great Blue Heron pecking at ice on a frozen lake while trying to reach a trapped fish

I photographed a Great Blue Heron trying to reach a frozen fish by pecking through lake ice during winter conditions.

Categories Bird Photography Tags bait fish winter habits, fish trapped in ice, frozen lake, heron eating fish, heron fishing behavior, ice fishing, lake freezing process, Shad, wildlife adapting to winter, winter lake ecology

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A Pied-billed Grebe with a Mouth Full

January 27, 2026February 13, 2023 by Steve Creek
A Pied-billed Grebe with a Mouth Full

I had the incredible experience of observing and capturing a moment with a Pied-billed Grebe at Charleston Lake in Charleston, Arkansas.

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

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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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Flying Great Blue Heron With a Shad at Charleston City Lake

January 23, 2026January 14, 2023 by Steve Creek
Great Blue Heron flying with a shad in its bill over Charleston City Lake in Arkansas

Heron flying with shad at Charleston City Lake, Arkansas. See the action, plus my gear and settings. Take a look at the photos.

Categories Bird Photography Tags Ardea herodias, Charleston, Flying, Lake, Shad

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Great Blue Heron With A Shad

February 1, 2026February 19, 2021 by Steve Creek
Great Blue Heron Catching a Shad

Photographing a Great Blue Heron with a shad at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. Captured with a Canon 7D and 500mm lens.

Categories Bird Photography Tags arkansas river, Bird photography, Canon 7D, Great Blue Heron, heron hunting, Oklahoma wildlife, sequoyah national wildlife refuge, Shad, Wildlife Photography

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A Ring-billed Gull Zeroing In On A Shad

October 11, 2024November 23, 2020 by Steve Creek
Ring-billed Gull Zeroing In On A Shad

A wildlife photographer’s blog post about photographing ring-billed gulls diving to catch shad below the Kerr Dam in Oklahoma.

Categories Bird Photography, Oklahoma Wildlife Locations Tags action, Bird photography, Feeding, fishing, gull, kerr dam, ring-billed gull, Sallisaw, Shad, Wildlife Photography

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Double-crested Cormorant Emerges with Shad

December 27, 2024November 2, 2020 by Steve Creek
Double-crested Cormorant Emerges with Shad

A wildlife photographer describing and showing a photo of a Double-crested Cormorant diving and catching a shad fish at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

Categories Bird Photography, National Wildlife Refuges, Oklahoma Wildlife Locations, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Tags bird, cormorant, diving, Double-crested Cormorant, fishing, Shad, waterbird, wildlife, Wildlife Photography

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A Double-crested Cormorant With A Shad at Kerr Dam

December 15, 2025January 28, 2020 by Steve Creek
Double-crested Cormorant Swallowing Shad

I photographed this Double-crested Cormorant swallowing a shad at Robert S. Kerr Reservoir (Kerr Dam) near Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

Categories Bird Photography Tags Bird behavior, Bird photography, cormorant swallowing fish, Double-crested Cormorant, Nature Photography, Oklahoma wildlife, Robert S. Kerr Reservoir, Shad, waterbirds, Wildlife Photography

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