Iridescent Photography

• A wildlife photographer based in the USA • Canon Rebel t5 and Sigma 150-600mm lens 📷 • All photos are mine unless otherwise stated • Pfp is an Indigo Bunting, header is a still being decided... *Side blog

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Hi! I figure it's time I introduce myself. My name is Kai! My pronouns are he/him, I'm 25 years old, and I live in Oklahoma.

I primarily use my Canon Rebel t5 with a Sigma 150-600mm for my wildlife photography.

Here's a Masterlist of all of my tags!

Thank you for being here and I hope you enjoy my photos! I'm gonna drop some fun facts about me under the cut!

• I got my first camera, a Canon Rebel t5, in 2014 and started out taking landscape photos. Mostly sunsets and photos of the lake and whatnot. I had to replace my camera with the same model in 2016, so I've been using the same one for about 8 years!

• Around January of 2018, I started sitting outside under an Eastern red cedar tree at my house and watching the Northern Mockingbirds moving around. I took photos using a 75-300mm lens and fell in love.

• In 2019 I started taking photos using a Tamron 200-500mm telephoto lens to take better photos of the birds and to be able to study them more.

• In 2023 during a break, i started going outside every single day when birds were hiding from the 100⁰F weather. I started developing an interest for other things, such as insects. I would wander through the pasture looking for anything i could find.

• Some major interests of mine include: Tiger Beetles, dragonflies, and just about any kind of moth :)

• I really enjoy macro photography! Small insects, small flowers, I love anything small.

• I've seen around 1,800 species of everything including plants and fungi :)

• I also am getting very into wildflowers and fungi at the moment! So expect to see flowers and fungi soon!

Thank you so much for reading to the end! I really hope you guys enjoy my photos :) feel free to send a message or an ask if you ever want to talk!

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Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. May 2026.

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Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens). Family Icteriidae, order Passeriformes.

Garfield, Arkansas, USA. May 2026.

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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula). Family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes.

Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). Family Pelecanidae, order Pelecaniformes.

Bolivar Ferry, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina). Family Passerellidae, order Passeriformes.

Oklahoma, USA. May 2026.

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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) bringing food for the babies. Family Icteridae, order Passeriformes.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. June 2026.

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Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) female. Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

The colorful ones are the females, and the pale ones are the males.

Brazoria NWR, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii). Family Passerellidae, order Passeriformes.

Oklahoma, USA. June 2026.

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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura). Family Columbidae, order Columbiformes.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. May 2026.

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White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus). Family Vireonidae, order Passeriformes.

San Bernard NWR, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis). Family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes.

Walking through trail and coming up on a wetlands, I was standing at the bird blind when this beautiful young kite flew out from a tree along with its parent, and stopped right above me. I got to share a few quiet moments with it as it preened itself <3

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. July 2026.

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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias). Family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. May 2026.

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Sanderling (Calidris alba). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Brazoria, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola). Family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes.

Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna). Family Icteridae, order Passeriformes.

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) female on the left. Family Icteridae, order Passeriformes.

San Bernard NWR, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Do you see them? All four of them? It took me several minutes of looking for movement before I was able to spot them. It amazes me how well animals are able to camouflage themselves.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. May 2026.