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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Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

I was so happy to spot this little guy. It's been since 2022 that I last saw one!

Brazoria, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea). Family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes.

I went to Oxley Nature Center a few days ago looking specifically for two birds: Prothonotary Warbler, and a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. While I didn't get a pic of the warbler, I did get to see them both!!

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. July 2026.

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

Oklahoma, USA. June 2026.

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Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) male. Family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. June 2026.

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Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas). Family Parulidae, order Passeriformes.

Heard this little guy singing forever, and saw him from across the field as just a little yellow dot. At the last moment when i was leaving, he popped up right next to the parking lot to say goodbye :)

Garfield, Arkansas, USA. May 2026.

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Me seeing the two brighest red birds is fitting bc now im bright red too from standing in the sun to birdwatch for 2 hours

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Tufted Titmouse (Baeplphus bicolor) juvenile following around its parents. Family Paridae, order Passeriformes.

Beaver Lake, Arkansas, USA.

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Is there a specific bird species y'all would like to see more of??

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Semipalmated Plover (Anarhychus semipalmatus). Family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes.

Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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

Juvenile on the left, an adult on the right.

Bolivar Penninsula, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus). Family Falconidae, order Falconiformes.

San Bernard NWR, Brazoria, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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

Perfect camouflage. This plover is standing in front of a washed up tree limb covered in barnacles. This was only my 3rd time going to the ocean so I had never seen barnacles before!

Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Semipalmated Plover (Anarhychus semipalmatus). Family Charadriidae, order Charadriiformes.

Bolivar Penninsula, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

San Bernard NWR, Brazoria, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Dunlin (Calidris alpina). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica). Family Laridae, order Charadriiformes.

Another lifer! I kept seeing reports of Gull-billed Terns around where I was staying, and finally got to see one on my last day there!

San Bernard NWR, Brazoria, Texas, USA. April 2026.