Oklahoma – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Blizzards Of Snow Geese Now At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|November 29th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Snow Geese|Tags: Anser caerulescens, autumn, blasting off, blizzard, Blue Geese, blue morph, bottomlands, dark morph, early morning, fall, field, flight, flock, flying, front, gaggle, geese, goose, hatch year, immature, lifting off, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Sequoyah NWR, sky, Snow Geese, Snow Goose, taking off, trees, waterfowl, white morph, young|

Blizzards of Snow Geese have arrived at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge! I’m so excited about all of the Snow Geese that I can barely contain myself. Wow!

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Itty Bitty American Green Tree Frog Pictures

By Mia McPherson|July 23rd, 2024|Categories: American Green Tree Frogs, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Green Tree Frog, amphibians, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, frog, frogs, grass, grasses, Green Tree Frog, Hyla cinerea, immature, itty bitty, Johnson Grass, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Sorghum halepense, summer, tree frog, tree frogs, young|

I'm sticking with the green theme today. Earlier this morning, it was Green Heron images; now, it's itty bitty Green Tree Frog photos from Sequoyah NWR.

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My Lifer Bobcat Photos At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|July 11th, 2024|Categories: Bobcats, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Bobcat, bobcats, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, feline, felines, grass, grasses, gravel road, haze, itch, landscape, Lynx rufus, mammals, Oklahoma, road, scenic, scratching, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, shadows, sitting, summer, tree, trees|

Yesterday morning, I took my first Bobcat photos at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, thanks to my dear friend Steve Creek letting me know where it was.

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Summertime White-tailed Deer Doe At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 10th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-tailed Deer|Tags: bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, cut, deer, defecating, doe, female, field, grazing, mammals, Odocoileus virginianus, Oklahoma, pooping, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, summer, wheat, White-tailed Deer|

On one of my recent trips to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I had the pleasure of photographing a White-tailed Deer doe as she grazed in a cut wheat field.

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Baird’s Pocket Gopher Photos In Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|June 19th, 2024|Categories: Baird's Pocket Gophers, Marshall County, Oklahoma|Tags: adult, Baird's Pocket Gopher, close up, digging, Eastern Pocket Gophers, Genus Geomys, Geomys breviceps, Gopher, gophers, mammals, Marshall County, Oklahoma, pocket gopher, pocket gophers, portrait, rodents|

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.

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Six-lined Racerunner Lizard!

By Mia McPherson|June 11th, 2024|Categories: Marshall County, Oklahoma, Six-lined Racerunners, Wildlife|Tags: Aspidoscelis sexlineatus, lizard, lizards, Marshall County, Oklahoma, racerunner, racerunners, reptiles, sandy area, Six-lined Racerunner, spring|

I'm seeing a few lizards in my yard here in south central Oklahoma including this spiffy looking racerunner lizard. I don't know which species it is yet though.

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Young Eastern Phoebe In Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|June 8th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Eastern Phoebes, Johnston County, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, branch, cute, Eastern Phoebe, immature, Johnston County, Oklahoma, perched, phoebe, phoebes, Sayornis phoebe, spring, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Tishomingo NWR, young|

On my most recent trip to Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, I was thrilled to spot and photograph a young Eastern Phoebe hanging out by some hardwood trees.

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Spring Eastern Kingbird Photos From Tishomingo NWR

By Mia McPherson|May 23rd, 2024|Categories: Birds, Eastern Kingbirds, Oklahoma, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bottomlands, branch, Eastern Kingbird, kingbird, kingbirds, mulberry, Oklahoma, perched, spring, thin, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Tishomingo NWR, Tyrannus tyrannus, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant flycatchers|

Since my arrival in Oklahoma, I've had fun taking Eastern Kingbird photos at the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge. I've seen dozens of these kingbirds there.

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Butterfly Photos From Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|May 21st, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Orange Sulphur Butterflies, Phaon Crescent Butterflies, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Variegated Fritillary Butterflies|Tags: adult, bloom, blooming, blooms, blossoms, bottomlands, butteflies, butterflies, butterfly, buttrflies, Colias eurytheme, coneflower, coneflowers, crescent, cresents, Euptoieta claudia, feeding, flowering, fritillaries, fritillary, insects, nectaring, Oklahoma, Orange Sulphur, Orange Sulphur Butterfly, orange wildflowers, Phaon Crescent, Phaon Crescent Butterfly, Phyciodes phaon, Ratibida columnifera, red wildflowers, spring, sulphur, sulphurs, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Tishomingo NWR, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Variegated Fritillary, Variegated Fritillary Butterfly, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

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.

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Milestone: Nine Years Of Consecutive Daily Posts

By Mia McPherson|May 2nd, 2024|Categories: Barred Owls, Birds, Milestone, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Barred Owl, bottomland hardwood forests, close up, forest, leaves, low light, Oklahoma, owl, owls, portrait, raptors, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, spring, Strix varia, tree, trees|

It has been nine years, and I've created 3,288 consecutive daily posts. Who knows how many words or images I have shared in that time? I honestly have no idea!

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Birdscape: Great Blue Heron at Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|April 29th, 2024|Categories: Birds, Great Blue Herons, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, landscape, Oklahoma, reflectons, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, slough, small in frame, spring, trees, wading birds, water|

For me, I feel peaceful when I view this Great Blue Heron photo from Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. The lush habitat plus the bird makes me feel that way.

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Common Five-lined Skink Photos

By Mia McPherson|July 15th, 2023|Categories: Common Five-lined Skinks, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Common Five-lined Skink, female, lizard, lizards, log, male, Oklahoma, Plestiodon fasciatus, reptiles, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, skink, skinks, spring, summer|

Today, I am sharing three Common Five-lined Skink photos that I took at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma when I visited my friend Steve Creek.

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Blooming American Lotus At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|July 9th, 2023|Categories: American Lotus, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Lotus, aquatic wildflower, bloom, blooming, blossoms, flowering, lotus, lotuses, morning light, native, Nelumbo lutea, Oklahoma, Reeves Slough, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, sky, slough, spring, water, wetlands, willdflower, yellow wildflowers|

I'm sharing more American Lotus photos that were taken at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge last month when I visited my friend and photographer, Steve Creek.

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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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