This photo is of the Buffalo River about a mile below Ponca; also, the first Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly and a pair of immature Blad Eagles at Steel Creek:
Zebra Swallowtail 3/31/15
Immature Bald Eagles 3/31/15
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Buffalo River and Little Buffalo River are pretty now
Posted in Moths and Butterfiles, Mountain Scenery, The River, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Blad Eagles, Buffalo River, Buffalo River below Ponca, Immature bald eagles, parthenon, zebra swallowtail, Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly on March 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »
A morning at Triple Falls on the Buffalo River
Posted in Mountain Scenery, The River, Wildflowers, tagged 3.5 miles west of Jasper, abundance, Buffalo River, Camp Orr, Double Falls, Johnny Jump Ups, Sherman Mountain, shop creek, Triple Falls, wildflowers on March 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I made a trip out after a few showery days. It was very foggy and 39F this morning; but, was 56F by 9 AM. Drove to the Triple Falls (actually called Double Falls) at Camp Orr on the Buffalo River; across a field. Lots of early wildflowers in bloom or getting ready to bloom soon.
The water was not high in the falls; about normal. The falls is fed by two creeks; one called Shop Creek and the other is unnamed and is about 40 feet tall. This is not the Shop Creek that flows from Alum Natural Bridge to the Little Buffalo. I did not know what to expect after the rains – but they did not total that much in the end.
I saw Bloodroot, Anemones, Toothwort, a very few opened Trout Lilies (Dog Toothed Violets – But all that were opened were the early Yellow variety), Spring Beauties, Bluets, Harbinger, and Johnny Jump Ups. Some in great numbers. No Trilliums yet. It will peak from a wildflower perspective in the next 10 days. This is a warmer sheltered and damp area.
Last April 12th – on the Buffalo just below Pruitt (first bluff on right)
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, The River, Weather, tagged April 2014, below Pruitt, Buffalo National, Buffalo River, river on February 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Oh I wish it was like this NOW. This cold, ice, and snow snap has got me down. We will fall to 5F tonight and rise to 25F tomorrow; then ice forecast for Saturday:
Added to Links — Patrick Caple’s No trail Required Blog
Posted in Caves and Waterfalls, General, Mountain Scenery, The River, tagged No trail required, Patrick Caple on January 31, 2015| 1 Comment »
Richland Creek Wilderness — 1/23/15
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, The River, Wild Birds, tagged 1/23/15, falling water creek, Iceledo, north entrance modifications, Northern Cardinal, Northern Cardinals, richland creek, richland creek wilderness, Richland Wilderness, south entrance road on January 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I visited Richland Wilderness on Friday afternoon. I got out and walked a bit on the south end of the Creek. The Witch Hazel is in bloom and very fragrant now. My favorite place after 50 years. It is still wild. with no trails; except a rough trail blazed to Richland Creek from the small camping spot above the bridge on the South side of the creek, below the confluence with the Devil’s Fork. There has been a lot of road construction on the north entrance; I don’t like what they have done; it will take 20 years to regenerate what they destroyed. Saw a bunch of Northern Cardinals at the re-routed entrance also.
The southern entrance remains the same expect a few more houses each year. The south entrance road is badly washboarded for 7 miles. The northern entrance has been re-routed, best I can tell (up near Iceledo Gap). There has been very heavy logging near the north entrance also. All in all, it was a beautiful day with highs about 44F. Left through the south entrance road paralleling Falling Water Creek:
Pair of Juvenile Bald Eagles on the Little Buffalo River
Posted in Mountain Scenery, The River, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Bald Eagle, bald eagles, juvenile, Little Buffalo River, parthenon on January 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Using my favorite lens, a Canon EF300L IS f/2.8 with a 1.4X Extender on a Canon 7D, I got this photo of two Bald Eagles (juveniles; about 2-4 years old is my guess) from 200 yards on the Little Buffalo River yesterday. My best guess is the eagle on the left is a female. Next year they will probably have white heads and tails.
Trip to Steel Creek on the Buffalo below Ponca — 1/14 at 3 PM
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, The River, tagged Bee Bluff, Boston Mountains, Buffalo River, clear, high, icicles, near Ponca, Roark Bluff, Steel Creek, water on January 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »
There were long icicles around and about Roark Bluff at Steel Creek today and water was still high enough to float today. The ice in the sickles appeared aqua-blue in the late light today or maybe it was minerals. The temperature started at 15F at 6:30 AM but rose to 50F by 2 PM; beautiful day in the mountains:
Gloomy day after Christmas in Oark Arkansas — The great Oark Country Store
Posted in Farms and Homes, General, The River, Towns, tagged boston, menu, Mountains, mulberry river, Oark Arkansas, Oark Country Store on December 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
At the 105 year old Oark (yes Oark, no Z) Country Store on the upper Mulberry River in the southern Boston Mountains, with a decorated Cedar Tree and a beautiful floatable River just downstream at “Wolf Pen” access. Best burgers in Arkansas and beautiful old time atmosphere:
Buffalo River in late December
Posted in Mountain Scenery, The River, tagged Arkansas, Buffalo River, december on December 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Photo from above Steel Creek on the Buffalo River today
Posted in The River, Wild Birds, tagged Bostyon Mountains, Buffalo River, juvenile hawk, parthenon, ponca, Steel Creek, warming on December 10, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 