Some in this series are HDR’s; notice the 200′ high Roark Bluff and the coloring sweet gums in front:
Drive down to Steel Creek
Bluff below Bee Bluff (HDR)
Buffalo River (HDR)
Roark Bluff (HDR)
Archive for October, 2014
More photos from yesterday — Buffalo River at Steel Creek
Posted in Mountain Scenery, The River, tagged Arkansas, BNR, Buffalo National River, Jasper, Steel Creek on October 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Fall Color advanced a little in 3 days; still a way to go !!
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, The River, Weather on October 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
We had scattered sunshine today with mostly clouds and drizzle. Photos taken today looking upstream and downstream from the Ponca low-water bridge; then taken looking downstream from the newer high bridge: Taken with a the full frame sensor of a Canon 1DS MK III – ISO 100:
Clouds and Rain pulling away to the East at dawn 10/20/2014
Posted in Weather, tagged 10/20/14, clouds, dawn, moving east, murray valley, rain on October 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Beautiful Red Tail Hawk in a Cedar Tree
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Cedar tree, near Little Buffalo, Raptor, Red tail Hawk. Boston Mountains on October 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Red headed Woodpecker against a fall backdrop
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged against and autumn backdrop, Arkansas, Boston Mountains, parthenon, red headed, red headed woodpecker, red-hraded, woodpecker on October 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A beautiful and colder morning again finds this Red-headed Woodpecker in Murray Valley against a backdrop of sycamore trees:
Cedar Waxwing this evening 10/17/2014
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, cedar waxwing, crab apples, parthenon on October 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Eating frosted crab-apples. Look at the bard on her beak to help hold the fruit:
Cedar Waxwing 10/17
A light fog on Friday Oct. 17th, 2014
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, The River, Wild Birds, tagged buffalo river country, dawn, fog, haze, parthenon valley, sunrise on October 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Much warmer this morning. I went out early this morning and found patchy light fog and it had lifted by 7:45 AM except over the Buffalo River below Pruitt. The interaction with the sunlight was pretty, however. In 2 days the tree color change has advanced a bit, with more oranges, and yellows showing of the hillsides. Saw a White-Throated Sparrow in a changing dogwood on the way back:
From south of Jasper
Parthenon Valley
The Little Buffalo River
Little Buffalo River Valley
White Throated Sparrow in a Dogwood
A Walking Stick Insect fell out of a Sweet Gum Tree ….
Posted in Unusual Insects, tagged Arkansas, boston moutons, chameleon, exact color, Gum tree, parthenon, sweet gum tree, Walking Stick on October 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Color change beginning in the Bostons
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, Shrubs and Trees, tagged 2014, Arkansas, bostons, Buffalo River, color change, in the, October 15th on October 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
There is still lots of green left so I am guessing still 1 1/2 – 2 weeks until peek colors. It was a cool breezy day (42F this morning) with only very early fog:
Monarchs and Eastern Kingbirds
Posted in Moths and Butterfiles, Weather, Wild Birds, tagged 2014, Arkansas, Boston Mountains, eastern kingbird, Eastern Kingbirds, migration, monarch, monarchs, October 15, parthenon, update on October 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Running up to Jasper this morning, I saw literally hundreds of Monarchs flying along side the road. When I got back home I counted about 5-7 Monarchs per minute flying over my home for 5 minutes (that is 25+). Seems to be a great comeback this year. Unfortunately, they are fighting a headwind 10-20 MPH but are all flying SW but it is so good to see them after last year’s BUST. Then, on my way back I saw and photographed what has to be the last Eastern Kingbirds stopping over, in migration:
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 