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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.

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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.

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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 »

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

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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.

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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:

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Does sparring and an Bull Elk and his harem

Posted in mammals, Weather, tagged Arkansas, Buffalo River, Elk and deer, harem, ponca, Steel Creek on February 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »

I drove down to Steel Creek today (2/13) and saw a small group of deer (mostly does) and a herd of Elk with the Bull watching his harem. Two of the largest does were sparring (boxing while standing on hind legs). They do this a lots in the spring long before dropping fawns to claim a grazing territory. Its’ mostly pointless, but it is a strong instinct:

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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:

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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 !!!