Archive for November, 2014
Red shouldered Hawk next to the Little Buffalo staring at me
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, hawks, Little Buffalo River, parthenon, red shouldered hawk, staring on November 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Looking out of Cobb Cave in Lost Valley in November 2009
Posted in Caves and Waterfalls, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, boxley, cave, Cob, Cobb, Lost Valley, near Ponca, November 2009 on November 26, 2014| 1 Comment »
Pileated Woodpecker drilling for termites, Newton County Arkansas
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, drillinhg holes, Newton County, pileated woodpecker, termite on November 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A male Pileated woodpecker drilling for termites today. It is nearly 60F with winds gusting from the west at over 30 MPH. Taken with a Canon 50D and a Canon EF300L IS f/4.0 Lens:
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Mourning Dove taken from 100′
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, dove, Mountains, telephoto lens on November 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Using a EF600L IS f/4.0 I took this photo from my drive with a background compressed against the white siding on my home and a old Canon 1DS body; click to enlarge:
Female Northern Cardinal in morning light
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Bosotn Mountains, cardinal, female, morning light, northern, parthenon on November 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Juvenile Red Tail Hawk today
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, hawk, hawks, Newton County, red-tail, warmimg on November 20, 2014| 1 Comment »
Today was an exceptional day. It was 21F at dawn and the temperature rose into the lower 60s by 2 PM today. The hawks were warming in trees and on utility poles this morning. I got an interesting sequence of a juvenile Red Tail hawk launching this morning; this whole sequence takes paces in 0.7 seconds: used a Canon 7D and a Canon EF 300L IS f/2.8 with a 1.4x TC by Canon:
Juvenile Bald Eagles arrive on a cold November day
Posted in The River, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, bald eagle. eagles, bald eagles, Boston Mountains, juvenile, little buffalo, Newton County on November 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Two young Bald Eagles swept in over the Little Buffalo this morning before the sun came out (they may be 2-5 years old); pictures are of gliding, landing, and balancing, then later the two (male and female together). The male is the smaller bird. Taken with a Canon 7D and a Canon EF 300L IS 2.8 Lens with a Canon 1.4X TC:
Cold morning on the Buffalo River – a Green Heron and a few Turtles in the sun
Posted in Reptiles and Amphibians, Weather, Wild Birds, tagged 11/12/2014, Boston Mountains, Green Heron, on log. Buffalo River, parthenon, Turtles on November 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday 11/10/2014, 73F – Bluebirds ever hopeful for spring
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, bluebirds, eastern, ever, hopeful, nesting, practice. parthenon, warm day in November on November 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Color is continuing this year – no leaf fall yet
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, Shrubs and Trees, The River, Weather, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, Fall colors, leaves color, November 10 on November 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The colors this year never popped as they do in late October to the first few days of November. The result is a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th peak. Many trees refused to change from green to their fall colors until this morning. I drove into Jasper from my home today and was surprised to see that some south facing mountain tops had extraordinary orange, yellow, rust coloration; actually very pretty. Along a few rivers or larger creeks their was all lots of reds and oranges. By this time of the year the forest in usually brown.
This will be the final coloration however as an arctic blast is headed for us by morning. It is 70F at noon today and tomorrow’s high will be in the low 40s and then 10 days, at least, of of temperatures way below mid-November’s to late-Novembers norms. I do expect teens with hight in the very low 30’s by Thursday:
