I love the Boxley Pond !! …….. but it sure needs work. Went back today, a week later and did not see any more Mergansers but saw a few pairs of beautiful Wood Ducks (male pictured). It reached near 50 today and finally the ice is gone !
Posts Tagged ‘Boxley Mill Pond’
Back to Boxley Mill Pond to see Wood Ducks
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, Boxley Mill Pond, Boxley Pond, Mergansers, ponca, wood duck, Wood Ducks on February 21, 2015| 1 Comment »
Happy Holidays to Everyone
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boxley Mill Pond, Boxley Pond, Buffalo River, canon 7d, male, wood duck, Wood Ducks on December 24, 2014| 2 Comments »
Thanks for watching my BLOG !
Today, Christmas Eve day, I drove by the Boxley Mill Pond and saw a pair of Wood Ducks, and was only able to photograph the male using a Canon 7D and a Canon EF 300L IS f/2.8 Lens with a 1.4 TC yielding 420mm on the 7D’s crop sensor or 672mm of magnification on this gloomy day. They represent to color of the holiday season to me – so colorful !!!
Male Wood Duck
A few assorted mammals
Posted in General, mammals, mountains, The River, tagged Arkansas, assorted mammals, Boston Mountains, Boxley Mill Pond, parthenon, ponca, upper buffalo river on September 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Taken last few days along the upper Buffalo River and Boxley Pond:
Crazy photo – double exposure
Young Oriole drinking nectar from a Button Bush
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Baltimnore Oriole, boxley, Boxley Mill Pond, Button Bush, northern oriole, parthenon on August 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I was walking by the Boxley Pond yesterday, when I spotted a larger yellow-green bird on a clump of button Bushes in the center of the mill pond. Upon closer inspection, there was a young Oriole (not sure if it was an Orchard or Northern Oriole, but I believe Northern Oriole). He was really working each and every button for nectar. I watched from about 75 yards distance and took a dozen photos at long range. I used my Canon 50D with a Canon 400 f/5.6 L lens, my go to combination for hiking-photography for wildlife:
