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

Brazoria NWR, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor). Family Procyonidae, order Carnivora.

When parking at the wetlands within this wildlife refuge, i looked over and saw this raccoon running across the road. It quickly hopped into the dumpster that was across the road, and apparently stayed there the entire hour i was walking around because by the time i got back to my car, it was hopping out of the dumpster and walking along the road again.

Brazoria NWR, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus). Family Laridae, order Charadriiformes.

Brazoria, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis). Family Anatidae, order Anseriformes.

Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Common Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius communis). Family Hesperiidae, order Lepidoptera.

Dallas, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Willet (Tringa semipalmata). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

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

Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla). Family Laridae, order Charadriiformes.

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres). Family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes.

Galveston, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri). Family Laridae, order Charadriiformes.

Brazoria, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe). Family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes

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Oklahoma, USA. May 2024.

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Black Tern (Childonias niger) immature in front and adult in back. Family Laridae, order Charadriiformes.

Brazoria, Texas, USA. April 2026.

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Eastern Bluebird (Sialis sialis) juvenile. Family Turdidae, order Passeriformes.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. May 2026.

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Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus). Family Sciuridae, order Rodentia.

Recently our park services have worked to reintroduce prairie dogs back into their native habitat right in the middle of Oklahoma City. It's been a few months and seems to be going great! You can see them from a bird blind along the trails.

Martin Park Nature Center, Oklahoma, USA. May 2026.

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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura). Family Cathartidae, order Cathartiformes.

Great Salt Plains NWR, Oklahoma, USA. April 2026.

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Great Egret (Adrea alba). Family Ardeidae, order Pelecaniformes.

Great Salt Plains NWR, Oklahoma, USA. April 2026.

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

Great Salt Plains NWR, Oklahoma, USA. April 2026.

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

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. May 2026.