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Black Mesa Mule Deer Show Up Near My Campsite

September 18, 2026 by Steve Creek
Mule deer buck with velvet-covered antlers and large ears at Black Mesa State Park

Black Mesa Mule Deer crossed near my campsite Thursday morning. I photographed a buck and doe after several days without a sighting.

Categories Wildlife Photography Tags Black Mesa State Park, camping, deer photography, mule deer, Mule Deer Buck, Mule Deer Doe, Oklahoma Panhandle, Oklahoma wildlife 1 Comment

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A Greater Roadrunner Walks Up to My Truck

September 17, 2026 by Steve Creek
Tight side portrait showing a brown eye, long bill, and black, white, and rusty head feathers

A Greater Roadrunner close-up encounter at Black Mesa State Park in Oklahoma surprised me when the bird walked up to my truck door.

Categories Bird Photography Tags bird portraits, Black Mesa State Park, Greater Roadrunner, Lake Carl Etling, Oklahoma wildlife, roadrunner encounter, Wildlife Photography 1 Comment

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My First Badger Photos at Black Mesa State Park

September 16, 2026 by Steve Creek
Black Mesa badger standing in grass near cactus, with its face turned toward the camera

My first Black Mesa badger encounter came while searching for Burrowing Owls, giving me the photos I had wanted to take for years.

Categories Wildlife Photography Tags American Badger, badger burrow, Black Mesa State Park, Black-tailed Prairie Dogs, Burrowing Owls, camping, oklahoma 2 Comments

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Five Days Photographing Wildlife at Fort Supply Lake

September 13, 2026 by Steve Creek
My truck and travel trailer at a tree-lined campsite at Fort Supply Lake in Oklahoma

Fort Supply Lake wildlife filled my five-day camping trip with birds and deer to photograph before heading to Black Mesa State Park.

Categories Wildlife Photography Tags Black Mesa State Park, camping, Fort Supply Lake, Great Blue Heron, Greater Roadrunner, Northern Bobwhite, Oklahoma wildlife, turkey vulture, white-tailed deer, wild turkey 1 Comment

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Immature Osprey Catches a Fish at Fort Supply Lake

September 11, 2026 by Steve Creek
Immature osprey with fish in its talons flying against a blue sky at Fort Supply Lake.

I photographed an immature osprey with fish at Fort Supply Lake in Oklahoma after spotting the young bird among vultures in a dead tree.

Categories Bird Photography Tags birds in flight, Fish, Fort Supply Lake, immature osprey, Oklahoma wildlife, Osprey, raptors, Wildlife Photography 4 Comments

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Great Blue Heron Watches a Watersnake Swim Past

September 10, 2026 by Steve Creek
Great Blue Heron leaning forward as a snake swims in front of it near rocks at Fort Supply, Oklahoma.

A heron watching a snake at Fort Supply, Oklahoma, gave me hope for a photo I have wanted for years, but it never made a strike.

Categories Bird Photography Tags Bird behavior, fishing birds, Fort Supply, Great Blue Heron, oklahoma, snakes, watersnake, Wildlife Photography Leave a comment

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Finding Small Subjects During the Summer Heat

September 7, 2026 by Steve Creek
Summer macro photography of a Pearl Crescent Butterfly with open wings on a green leaf at Sequoyah Refuge

Summer macro photography keeps me active in extreme heat, with a grasshopper and butterfly found at Sequoyah Refuge in Oklahoma.

Categories Insect Photography Tags American Bird Grasshopper, Arkansas Wildlife, Canon RF 100-500mm, Oklahoma wildlife, Pearl Crescent Butterfly, sequoyah national wildlife refuge, summer macro photography 1 Comment

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Mating Dogbane Tiger Moths at Sequoyah Refuge

August 31, 2026 by Steve Creek
Two Delicate Cycnia moths mating on a green leaf at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma

Mating Dogbane Tiger Moths caught my eye along a service road while I photographed frogs at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.

Categories Insect Photography Tags Cycnia tenera, Delicate Cycnia, Dogbane Tiger Moth, mating moths, Oklahoma wildlife, sequoyah national wildlife refuge, tiger moths 4 Comments
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