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Great Blue Heron Attempts to Retrieve Frozen Fish

December 19, 2024January 24, 2024 by Steve Creek
Great Blue Heron Pecking At Ice

A first-hand account and analysis of witnessing a Great Blue Heron pecking at ice to get to a fish trapped near the surface of a frozen lake.

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

A Pied-billed Grebe with a Mouth Full

March 18, 2023February 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

Pied-billed Grebe With Shad

December 5, 2024January 17, 2023 by Steve Creek
Pied-billed Grebe With Shad

I videoed this Pied-billed Grebe with Shad while sitting in my pickup at the Charleston Lake. pair of Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) will come near…

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

Flying Great Blue Heron With Shad

December 5, 2024January 14, 2023 by Steve Creek
Flying Great Blue Heron With Shad

I photographed this Flying Great Blue Heron With Shad at the Charleston City Lake in Charleston, Arkansas. This Great Blue Heron was jumping off a platform..

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

Great Blue Heron With A Shad

February 6, 2025February 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

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

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

A Double-crested Cormorant With A Shad at Kerr Dam

December 16, 2024January 28, 2020 by Steve Creek
Double-crested Cormorant Swallowing Shad

The split-second moment a Double-crested Cormorant swallows a shad at Robert S. Kerr Reservoir. Patience and timing are key to photographing this fast action.

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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