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My Lifer Dickcissel Photos At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|June 19th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Dickcissels, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, back view, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, branch, Cottonwood, Dickcissel, Dickcissels, male, mayfly, Oklahoma, perched, pose, pre-lift off, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Spiza americana, spring, tree|

The subject today is my lifer Dickcissel photos taken at Sequoyah NWR in Oklahoma. Huge thanks go to my friend Steve for putting me on this male.

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Red-headed Woodpecker With Mayfly

By Mia McPherson|June 18th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Red-headed Woodpeckers, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, branches, Cottonwood, food, leaves, mayfly, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, perched, prey, Red-headed Woodpecker, sky, spring, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

Today I am sharing a Red-headed Woodpecker with a mayfly in its bill that I took yesterday at Sequoya National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

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Song Sparrow Adult With A Bill Full Of Prey For Its Young

By Mia McPherson|June 21st, 2020|Categories: Birds, Song Sparrows, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, canyon, chicks, food, mayflies, mayfly, Melospiza melodia, mountains, perched, prey, Song Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, Speckled Duns, spring, young|

Three days ago I found an adult Song Sparrow to photograph with its bill full of prey that the sparrow had gathered to feed its young.

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