Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, breeding season, Hooded Warbler, parthenon, singing on April 30, 2015| 1 Comment »
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:
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged 2015, April 29, Arkansas, Little Buffallo River, northern parula on April 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Barn Swallow, boston, fledgling, Mountains on April 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This is very early for a Barn Swallows to fledge and be fed by parents (last year was May 10th); I think this chick may have been knocked out of the nest way early, but he/she seems to be doing OK:
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:
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:
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:
male White Eyed Vireo
Female White Eyed Vireo
Nest building together
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.
Weather at 5PM yesterday
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:
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
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged April 7th 2015 moss montain, Arkansas, early, Moss Mountain, near Parthenon, spiderwort, white on April 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 