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
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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 »
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.
Weather at 5PM yesterday
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:
The unmistakable gesture of Courtship – The Eastern Bluebird Wing Wave
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged 2015, April 2, Arkansas, bluebirds, courtship, mating, nest building, new Bluebird House, parthenon, wave, wing, wing wave on April 2, 2015| 1 Comment »
I added one new Bluebird House (and retired one) to my trail this spring. The Bluebirds started checking out the new house today in the stages to breeding; the wing wave. The male found the house and brought the female to it. She looked it over real thoroughly (inside and out); then the wing wave that signals mating is near and nest building will happen that same day (the new treated post is straight, camera crooked), Taken from 150′ with a Canon 50D and an EF400L f/5.6:
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 »
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
Buffalo River
Belted Kingfisher fishing in pond across the road
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, belted kingfisher, murray road, parthenon, pond on March 16, 2015| 1 Comment »
He fished for 2 hours, caught lot of sunfish and minnows, as the spring peepers carried on !
No Purple Martins yet … but a few Tree Swallows on a warm guard rail
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Jasper, Tree Swallows on March 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Before all swallows, (Barn, Bank, Cliff, and Purple comes a pair of Tree swallows, seen just outside Jasper on a guard rail this morning:
Another male Wood Duck is the overflow waters of the Little Buffalo River
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, canon 50d, parthenon, wood duck, yellow bellied sapsucker on March 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Taken Sunday morning with my Canon 50D with a canon EF400L f/5.6. Later the same day another Yellow Bellied Sapsucker; this time a male both in the Parthenon area:
One fierce look
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Bluebird courtship, Boston Mountains, cold weather, Eastern Bluebird, Hairy Woodpecker, hairy woodpeckers, parthenon, red, Tail. Hawk on March 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »
A juvenile Red-tail hawk in the yard this morning looking really fierce. Additionally, Eastern Bluebird courtship started today (later than usual due to the cold weather). I cleaned out the birdhouses on my Bluebird Trail this morning. Also a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers searching for spiders and eating raw peanuts this morning. The Hairy Woodpecker appears to be banded:
Red shouldered hawk – owns the place
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, boston, coopers hawk, hawk, Mountains, near Parthenon, red, Red-shouldered, shouldered, water snakes on March 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Red Shoulders rarely take birds; they sen to prefer frogs, crawfish, and stream inhabitants (like water snakes). When things are frozen they seem to turn to voles, mice, etc. – they seem to leave the feeding songbirds alone. Infact, they are busy feeding very near to him. If a Coopers Hawk is in the area, there are no songbirds to be seen. These photos taken through a window with double-pane glass:
