Archive for August, 2014
HAPPY LABOR DAY EVERYONE
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, parthenon, Red-bellied woodpecker on August 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Lots of Busy Baby Ruby Throat Hummingbirds
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, Hummingbirds, parthenon, Ruby Throat on August 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The American Goldfinches are back from nesting
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged after nesting 2014, american goldfinches, Arkansas, back, parthenon on August 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Back in May again; 2 hours at the Mulberry Tree
Posted in Shrubs and Trees, Wild Birds, tagged 2 hours, Arkansas, at least 20 species, birds, Black Locust, bluebirds, Boston Mountains, dead wood, indigo bunting, May 2014, mulberry tree, orioles, oven bird, parthenon, Red Mulberry, Red Mulberry; wild, tanagers, warblers, wild birds, winter birds on August 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The tree I am speaking of is OLD and large Red Mulberry and has a good bunch of squaw-wood (dead wood) at the bottom. Next to it, is a young Black Locust and a very large dead Elm. When the mulberries ripen in May. Some years earlier than others. I was astounded how may species of birds come to eat the fruit on this tree.
I spent an entire morning in May in a camp shirt and dark green hat on, about 40-50 feet from this Mulberry Tree with a hand-held Canon 50D with a Canon EF400L f/5.6 Lens snapping photos left and right on this amazing tree’s visitors.
Here are a few:
New moon and Milky Way 8/26/14 at 12:30 AM
Posted in General, tagged 8/26/14, after midnight, Arkansas, black skies, Milky way, new moon, Newton County, parthenon on August 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
We have black skies here in central Newton County. Here is my poorly taken photo of the Milky Way taken just after midnight 8/25/14:
Early last May — Female Northern (Baltimore) Oriole at the Red Mulberry Tree
Posted in Mountain Scenery, Shrubs and Trees, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Baltimore oriole, Mulberrries, northern oriole, northwest arkansas, Oriole, parthenon, Red Mulberry on August 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I spent about an hour watching this female Baltimore Oriole. She and her mate fed on ripe Mulberries for about 10 minutes, when, surprisingly, she began weaving a nest as he watched; I guess her instincts had taken over. These photos taken from 40′ in camouflage with a Canon 7D and a Canon EF300L f /2.8 IS with a Canon 1.4 TC – handheld. These photos taken a few weeks prior to my injuries and uploaded this past weekend, There are many photos and they can be enlarged by clicking on each one:
Another photo of a Rufous Hummingbird in NW Arkansas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ar, Arkansas, August 2014, Boston Mountains, northwest arkansas, parthenon, RARE, Rufous Hummingbird on August 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
From yesterday morning. Since the Rufous Hummingbird is rare in Arkansas and surely out of range, I decide to post a photo of him on a feeder Saturday morning:
out of range — Rufous Hummingbird
“Hey Mister – you looking at me ?”
Posted in mammals, Mountain Scenery, mountains, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, doe, parthenon, shortleaf pines, white tail deer on August 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A migrating Bay Breasted Warbler
Posted in Shrubs and Trees, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Bay, Bay Breasted Warbler, Boston Mountains, Breasted, parthenon, Paw Paw trees, warbler on August 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Another first for me yesterday morning in Parthenon, Arkansas; a Bay Breasted Warbler in Arkansas. I never saw one before; ever ! This guy was working semi-ripe Paw Paw trees; not sure if he was after the fruit or the insects feeding on the fruit.
RARE — White Winged Crow
Posted in The River, Uncategorized, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Buffalo River, cell differentiation, leucism, parthenon, pigment cells, Pomca, Ponca Arkansas, white winged, white winged crow on August 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Over near the Ponca Arkansas low water bridge over the Buffalo River, there is a family of crows that always contains a couple to White Winged crows that have Leucism. Leucism (occasionally spelled leukism) is a general term for the phenotype resulting from defects in pigment cell differentiation and/or migration from the neural crest to skin, hair, or feathers during development. This results in either the entire surface (if all pigment cells fail to develop) or patches of body surface (if only a subset are defective) having a lack of cells capable of making pigment.
These birds are hard to find and photograph; although I did get a parting photograph of the individual with a Canon 7D and a Canon EF 300L f/2.8 IS lens:
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 