A striking small bird, 3″, of eastern hardwood forests, the Hooded Warbler prefers forests with some shrub understory. They are not easy to find here in Arkansas. I have a location in the Little Buffalo River bottoms where I have found the nesting for the last 5 years; these photos from a group of 85 taken 4/30/2015 ant 8 AM:
Archive for April, 2015
Male Hooded Warbler singing from a branch
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, breeding season, Hooded Warbler, parthenon, singing on April 30, 2015| 1 Comment »
Better photos of a nesting pair of Northern Parulas
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged 2015, April 29, Arkansas, Little Buffallo River, northern parula on April 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »
A Male Red-bellied Woodpecker on a stump in my yard and a Bluebird feeding nestlings
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged 2015, 4/26-4/27, Arkansas, Boston Mountains, Eastern Bluebird, eastern bluebirds, parthenon on April 27, 2015| 2 Comments »
An early morning photo of a Red Bellied woodpecker (a male) on a stump in my front yard; he was very unafraid and must be feeding nestlings at this time; as is the female Eastern Bluebird below; she has found a fat cricket:
A few very long distance photos of a Northern Parula (warbler) on the Little Buffalo
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged 2015, April 23, Arkansas, Boston Mountains, Little Buffalo River, northern parula on April 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Got these today but I never got as close to him as I wanted. They are common migrants to Arkansas for nesting (they are here April to August). The male, like this bird, have a rusty splotch on their upper breast. Normally they are more curious and I can get up close. These taken from 80 yards:
White Eyed Vireos nest building
Posted in Reptiles and Amphibians, Wild Birds, tagged female, male, near Parthenon, nest building, white eyed vireo on April 21, 2015| 1 Comment »
Got a few photos before the sun came out early this morning. A pair of White Eyed Vireos; first the male, then the female, them the two of them building nest together:
Yellow throated Vireo prior to 5 PM storm yesterday
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, parthenon, yellow throated vireo on April 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Ww had a rough storm with 60+ MPH winds and large hail last evening. Just prior to that I spotted a Yellow Throated Vireo down near the river. He was alone but responded to whispering call out to curiosity Tis was around 3 PM, see last photo at 5 PM Sunday 4/19/2015.
A very cute pair of Black and White Warblers
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged 2015, 4/, April 19th, Black and White Warblers, cute, near Parthenon on April 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Just took these pictures this morning; a series if 97 photos (all fairly good); I’ll include 2:
Hummingbirds returned on April 2
Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The Ruby Throat Hummingbirds returned here, (SW of Parthenon) one day later than last year.
April 2 — 1 male
April 4 — 2 males
April 8 — 2 males
April 10 — 3 males and 1 female
April 15 — 6 males and 2 females
April 17 — 10+ males and several more females
Early White Variety of Spiderwort
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged April 7th 2015 moss montain, Arkansas, early, Moss Mountain, near Parthenon, spiderwort, white on April 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »