This heavily molting male Indigo Bunting landed in a tree in the front yard today 9/30; I just happened to have a Canon 1DS Mark III with a 300 f/2.8 IS with me:
Archive for September, 2014
Last Indigo Bunting of 2014
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged 9/30/2014, Boston Mountains, indigo bunting, late leaving, migration, parthenon on September 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Monarchs by the hundreds
Posted in Moths and Butterfiles, Unusual Insects, tagged 9/29/2014, monarchs, nw arkansas on September 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
After a disastrous 2013, where I spotted maybe 3-4 Monarchs, 2014 is looking up, During the past week, I have seen about 50-75 each morning cruising Southwestward towards Mexico. Yesterday morning I saw over 100; simply cruising in that same direction. Today there are 7 on one butterfly bush (non-native) on a stop over. With several more days of nice weather forecast here; these appears to be a GOOD year for them. I’ll never forget 2012, when I had about 1,000 on a snakeroot patch behind my home. I took a short video of one that was on the bush with 6 others at 4:05 PM this afternoon taken with a handheld Canon G15:
My lLocal acorn lover – A pair of Red-bellied woodpeckers
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged acorns, Arkansas, Boston Mountains, cache, jam in holes, nuts, parthenon, red-bellied woodpeckers, woodpecker on September 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
This is the male of a pair of acorn savers stocking up for the coming winter. The tirelessly jam these nuts in about a dozen different trees, so deep, they are hard to retrieve. Come December they will go to their cache:
Great view across the Buffalo River in this mornings breaking fog and clouds
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, tagged fog. Buffalo River Arkansas, Hasty, ozark mountains, parthenon on September 28, 2014| 2 Comments »
September 28th – WOW a Lark Sparrow, a Cedar Waxwing, an Eastern Peewee, and a Yellow Breasted Chat, and Titmouse
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, cedar waxwing, Eastern Peewee, Lark Sparrow, parthenon, Sunflower Head, tufted titmouse, Yellow Breasted Chat on September 28, 2014| 2 Comments »
Great day Birding ! ……. Still have some flycatchers around (Eastern Peewee) (3rd), a Lark Sparrow (top), a Cedar Waxwing (2nd), a Tufted Titmouse on a Sunflower Head (4th), and a large warbler common neared a “yellow Breasted Chat” (Last):
A few assorted mammals
Posted in General, mammals, mountains, The River, tagged Arkansas, assorted mammals, Boston Mountains, Boxley Mill Pond, parthenon, ponca, upper buffalo river on September 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Taken last few days along the upper Buffalo River and Boxley Pond:
Crazy photo – double exposure
Late lifting dense fog this morning September 27, 2014 reveals more leaf color
Posted in Mountain Scenery, Shrubs and Trees, The River, Uncategorized, Wild Birds, tagged Boston Mountain, color change, fog, just a very few are starting to change color:, Orchard Oriole, Sassafras Tree, Sycamore Reflections on September 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
These leaf examples were found and photographed yesterday, 9/26/14, in the afternoon. These are only examples and most of the same trees are unchanged yet. The fog was thick this morning and we had to wait until 8;30 to take any photos. The final photo is of an Orchard Oriole in a Sassafras Tree; all tasked with point and shoots.
sumac
sumac
Sycamore Reflections
Fallen Black Gun Leaves
Blackgum under an unturned Oak
White Oak
Sassafras
blackgum at Lost Valley
Dogwood
Orchard Oriole in a Sassafras Tree
Brood 2 of the Pileated Woodpeckers are grown up in September
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, fledglings, juvenile, males, parthenon, pileated woodpecker, pileated woodpeckers, with male parent on September 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The pair of juvenile male Pileated Woodpeckers in the woods behind my place, went for a training trip with Dad today. The two fledglings are both males, the third, a female, hangs out with her Mom all day. These babies were born in a second re-nest after a storm toppled their trees in late-June. The parents were brave and successful and the juveniles look healthy and strong; and none too soon. Warning, the photos are blurry from and incorrect shutter speed setting of 1/60th second – I was very angry with myself, used a Canon 50D set at f/11 and a Canon EF400L f/5.6 in low light with an ISO of 200 (bad planning) !!!!
A little Sparring in a sweet gum grove tonight
Posted in mammals, tagged 2014, Arkansas, Boston Mountains, parthenon, September, whitetail deer on September 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A 7-point (large) White-tail buck versus an 8-point (larger) buck did a little sparring in a sweet gum grove tonight and then on the the clover patch; fun to watch and a whole lot of loud antlers. Taken through a themo-pane window at 6:30 PM 9/25/14 with a Canon 50D with a Canon EF400L f/5,6 lens:
Light fog – plenty of sun beams
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, tagged Arkansas, fog, murray road, Newton County, on, parthenon on September 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 