A view of the river at the low-water bridge, upstream, and downstream. The river rose 5 feet overnight after the heavy storms that dumped a good 2+ inches of rain into the watershed:
Archive for January, 2013
The Buffalo River at Ponca, AR on 01/30/13
Posted in The River, tagged 2 inches, 2013, after, Arkansas, buffalo, January 30, ponca, rain, river, storm on January 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Big storm Tuesday evening
Posted in Mountain Scenery, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, Clark Creek, Lost Valley, SP on January 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Got 2 inches of rain last evening and some Severe Storms in the area. Reached about 70F on Tuesday prior to the storms around 5 PM until 7:30 PM. Got up early this morning and drove to Lost Valley to check on Clark Creek and Eden Falls. Aside from the sleet, accumulating at times and the windy cold weather (near freezing), it was beautiful. Hiked the 2.6 mile loop to Cob Cave before 10 AM.
There were about 120-150 Elk in the Boxley Valley bottom fields; it’s probably their instincts to get to higher ground during heavy rainfall.
The Boxley Mill Pond has been filled again and the beavers have reconstructed a large Dam and repaired their lodge just upstream from the dam:
A few Photos from this morning:
Eden Falls in Lost Valley
Clark Creek in Lost Valley 1/30/13 at 9 AM
A few more wild bird portraits from yesterday
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged boston, Jenuary, Mountains, photos, wild-birds on January 26, 2013| 1 Comment »
Finding wild bird portraits, of birds not recently shown, is getting difficult. I can’t wait for our migratory birds, that summer here in Arkansas, to start returning in about 6 weeks. I am looking forward to spring 2013. I took these few photos yesterday in the backyard; a Carolina Chickadee, and Carolina Wren, a Purple Finch; a White Throated Sparrow, and a Purple Finch:
Another seasonably cold morning
Posted in mammals, tagged Arkansas, canis latrens, coyote, full, moon, murray, near on January 26, 2013| 1 Comment »
With lows in the low 20s today (Saturday), we are headed for some warmer and wetter weather in the coming week. We will see showers and Thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday with highs approaching the mid-70s, then some cool sunshine on Wed-Friday with highs in the 50s again: a return to more seasonable weather. Not too bad !! Love these Arkansas winters. We really need the rain and I’m not sure how much we will get, but I’ll taken anything. The moon was full last night, with coyotes yipping and howling and some still hunting today at sun up:
This photo was taken last January at sun up using a Canon 50D and a Canon EF 400 DO IS f/4 Lens. I don’t think there is any doubt that we live in one of the most beautiful sections of Arkansas, the Ozarks, the Nation !!
Caught with a flash – a nosey critter
Posted in mammals, tagged a fl;ash, canon fill flash, caught, Mountains, raccoon. boston, with on January 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
A few wild bird portraits from 1/23/13
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, birds, feeder, murray, nature, northern flicker, outdoors, red breasted nuthatch, valley, weather, yesterday afternoon on January 24, 2013| 1 Comment »
These photos were taken yesterday afternoon in the beautiful 66F weather. These birds; a Northern Flicker and a Red-breasted Nuthatch were taken while on a peanut feeder and then the feeder was cropped out:
Winter Wheat thawed and frozen, thawed and frozen ….
Posted in Mountain Scenery, tagged Arkansas, early, frozen, huntsville, spring, thawed, very, wheat, winter on January 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »
15,000 Views in 2012 and I Appreciate You
Posted in General on January 22, 2013| 2 Comments »
Thank you very much for continuing to look at my Blog. My hope for 2013 is to add better and more photos and to take the time to do a little writing about the life in the Valley.
Thanks Very much, Sincerely,
Steve
A frigid morning and NW Arkansas
Posted in Weather, tagged Arkansas, cold, day, January, parthenon on January 22, 2013| 1 Comment »
We have seen much colder here (2 years ago for instance), but 14F with z steady breeze has taken the WIND CHILL temperatures (bare skin) to near Zero F here in Murray Valley, or a little below; Actual air temperatures are below Zero around Kansas City. A picture from the Parthenon Valley at sun up:
January Color Photographs
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged 2013, Arkansas, Bird, color, in, January, parthenon on January 19, 2013| Leave a Comment »
First, a pair of Eastern Bluebirds check out a tree today; then just the male. Second, a male Northern Cardinal in the snow earlier in the week:
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 