WOW ! What a contrast in color ! Click to Enlarge photos. Their are about 100 of them and they are really LOUD!:
Archive for May, 2015
Red Winged Blackbirds on Just opened Monarda or wild Bee Balm
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Blackbirds, cedar waxwing, Jasper, red winged blackbirds, Redheaded woodpecker, winged on May 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Flying Zebra Swallowtail
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arkansas, parthenon, zebra swallowtail on May 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The Buffalo River – Big Creek valley at dawn
Posted in Mountain Scenery, tagged 'orange, Big Creek, Buffalo River, Buffalo River National, Commercial Operation, dawn, Hog farm, Mount Jedea, pastel sunrtise on May 25, 2015| 1 Comment »
I caught this photo from the NE edge of Mount Judea at dawn. Mt. Judea is the NE extent of the continuous Boston Mountains looking NE towards Bull Shoals Lake (about 60 miles NE). The hills in the distance are along the middle Buffalo National River near the area where Big Creek joins the Buffalo. Unfortunately, there is a huge Commercial Hog Operation about 5 miles above the Buffalo River (outside the National Park Service lands), but the hog waste has permeated the Karst topography and entered Big Creek and then the Buffalo, River causing unacceptable levels of nitrogen and other effluents to pollute our beautiful river. Just does not seem right !! CLICK TO ENLARGE.
Eastern Meadowlark
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, eastern meadowlark, may, murray valley on May 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Bobwhite Quail
Posted in wildbirds, tagged Arkansas, Bobwhite Quail, boston mountain vaslleys, hear them, nw arkansas, population increase, see them on May 21, 2015| 1 Comment »
There are many quail in the valley this year ! This is a huge comeback from last spring/summer – when I rarely saw one and heard only a few all summer. This year, they started calling around April 20th; seems all day every day. So happy to hear them and I see them almost daily too. I do see several every week.
They’re not common here But I see a few Painted Buntings each year
Posted in wildbirds, tagged Arkansas, Bunting, open old fields, painted, painted bunting on May 20, 2015| 2 Comments »
Much more common in OK and TX and far Western AR, and scarce here are the beautiful Painted Buntings. I saw nesting pair this morning here and was able to take a few photos. They seem to be in semi-dry areas, old fields, along fence rows and frequently occur with Dicsissels, Eastern Kingbirds, Blue Grosbeaks, and Scissor Tail Flycatchers. If you find these birds along a dry road with a fence with brush against the fence posts, you may be able to find a Painted Bunting.
A surprise at the Mulberry Tree
Posted in wildbirds, tagged Arkansas, eating berries, headed woodpecker, mulberry tree Boston Mountains, red, Redheaded woodpecker, woodpecker on May 19, 2015| 1 Comment »
Baltimore Orioles at them Mulberry Tree 5/18
Posted in wildbirds, tagged Arkansas Mountains, Baltimore oriole, female, male, ozarks, parthenon on May 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Not many ripe Red Mulberries yet, but they seem to find them (Males brighter orange and more black):
Female and Male Summer Tanager near Buffalo River
Posted in wildbirds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, Buffalo River, pruitt, summer tanager on May 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Caught these guys along the Buffalo River near Pruitt.
Indigo Bunting taken Saturday Morning
Posted in wildbirds, tagged boston mountains arkansas, indigo bunting, parthenon, sat 5/15/15 on May 15, 2015| 1 Comment »
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 