Wildlife

Blue Dasher Dragonfly Photo And Video

By |July 8th, 2024|Categories: Blue Dasher Dragonflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm a bird photographer who sometimes can't resist photographing other things with wings which includes this male Blue Dasher dragonfly I saw yesterday morning.

Slaty Skimmer Dragonfly Photos

By |July 2nd, 2024|Categories: American Lotus, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Slaty Skimmer Dragonflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I took photos of Slaty Skimmer dragonflies the other day at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma and wanted to share them with you all.

Baird’s Pocket Gopher Photos In Oklahoma

By |June 19th, 2024|Categories: Baird's Pocket Gophers, Marshall County, Oklahoma|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Earlier this month, I was sitting on the steps enjoying the sunshine and the birds singing when, all of a sudden, I spotted a Baird's Pocket Gopher in the yard.

American Beaver At Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge

By |June 7th, 2024|Categories: American Beavers, Johnston County, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning, I had a wonderful surprise when an American beaver surfaced close to the Sandy Creek Bridge at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge.

Roadside Swamp Rabbit At Tishomingo NWR

By |June 4th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Swamp Rabbits, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This Swamp Rabbit photo is from my second visit to Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge. I was on a gravel road as far as I could go before turning around when I saw it.

Gray Hairstreak Butterfly On An Upright Prairie Coneflower

By |June 3rd, 2024|Categories: Gray Hairstreak Butterflies, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I visited Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge last week I spent some time photographing Gray Hairstreak butterflies, a butterfly species that is new to me.

White-tailed Deer Bucks In Velvet With Wildflowers

By |May 31st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was very happy to find about a dozen and a half White-tailed Deer to photograph on my last visit to Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge earlier this week on a bright sunny morning.

Butterfly Photos From Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge

By |May 21st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Orange Sulphur Butterflies, Phaon Crescent Butterflies, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Variegated Fritillary Butterflies|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning, I wanted to share a few more things with wings: a set of butterfly photos I took recently at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Common Checkered-Skipper Butterfly At Tishomingo NWR

By |May 13th, 2024|Categories: Common Checkered-Skippers, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm sharing this Common Checkered-Skipper butterfly photo I took two days ago at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge. This was my last subject of the morning.

Common Buckeye Butterfly Resting On Grass

By |May 13th, 2024|Categories: Common Buckeye Butterflies, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning, I am sharing a beautiful Common Buckeye butterfly that I photographed on the last day of April at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Birds and Wildlife From Arkansas And Sequoyah NWR In Oklahoma

By |May 6th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue-winged Teals, Carolina Chickadees, Common Five-lined Skinks, Coyotes, Fox Squirrels, Great Horned Owls, House Finches, Northern Cardinals, Northern Flickers, Oklahoma, Painted Lady Butterflies, Pine Siskins, Sebastian County, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Three-toed Box Turtles, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm sharing a bunch of bird and wildlife photos that I have recently photographed in my friend Steve's yard in Arkansas, and from Sequoyah NWR in Oklahoma.

Foggy Start To An April Morning At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By |April 18th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday, there was a foggy start to a morning of bird and wildlife photography at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. I really didn't mind the fog much at all.

My Lifer Northern Cottonmouth/Water Moccasin Photos

By |April 15th, 2024|Categories: Northern Cottonmouths (Water Moccasins), Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday, I took photos of my lifer adult Northern Cottonmouth, aka Water Moccasin, on one of the roads there.

Red Fox Kit Photos

By |March 14th, 2024|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Red Foxes, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Bad weather and bad timing have kept me out of the field for a bit. Today, I am sharing some cute Red Fox kit photos I took almost a year after I moved to Utah.

White-tailed Deer Does Plus A Fawn At Sequoyah NWR

By |March 6th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I photographed these White-tailed Deer does with a fawn last June at Reeve's Slough, which is part of Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

World Wildlife Day 2024

By |March 3rd, 2024|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark County, Conservation, Great Basin Bumble Bees, House Wrens, Idaho, Long-horned Bees, Moose, Targhee National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Every March 3, the world comes together to honor World Wildlife Day, a global occasion that pays tribute to the astounding array of life inhabiting our planet.

American Bison Whispering Secrets

By |February 8th, 2024|Categories: American Bison, Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This morning I'm sharing a photo of an American Bison that appeared to be whispering secrets to another bison that I photographed on Antelope Island State Park.

Aerial Yellowjacket Nest In The Wasatch Mountains

By |October 11th, 2023|Categories: Aerial Yellowjackets, Summit County, Utah, Video, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I first found and photographed this Aerial Yellowjacket nest in August, high in the Wasatch Mountains. Now that the leaves have fallen, I can see it better.

Black-footed Drone Fly On Rabbitbrush

By |October 7th, 2023|Categories: Black-footed Drone Flies, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While out in the West Desert two days ago, I photographed this adult Black-footed Drone Fly, a member of the hoverfly family, on a rabbitbrush.

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