Since I can’t move around well yet, I have to rely on my home as my tree-stand, or cover. Yesterday, this photo was taken of one of the fawns is in out in the side yard. He/she is 5-6 weeks old now and looking strong and healthy:
Posts Tagged ‘deer’
One of the two fawns (currently) that call my yard their home
Posted in mammals, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, deer, fawn, Newton County, parthenon, white tail on June 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Miserable little White-tail deer fawn
Posted in mammals, tagged cool wet weather, deer, fawn, Little Buffalo River, parthenon, tall grasses, white tail on June 10, 2014| 1 Comment »
This 17 day old fawn, has been hanging around the tall grasses in the yard. The fawn is insect bitten, wet, covered in ticks, and has a injured from left leg. It has rained and been cold for June for 14 of his/her 17 days. Never the less, she keeps on going and going and going !!
Some mammals in the Boston Mountains
Posted in mammals, Mountain Scenery, mountains, tagged beautiful day, Boston Mopuntaijn mammals, cold start, deer, deer fawns, elk, parthenon arkansas, raccoon, raccoons, weather, whitetail deer on June 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was a beautiful day; temperatures in the mid-70’s; tomorrow brings severe thunderstorms again. What a cold start to June ! Not exactly swimming weather. Looked for Elk and Deer fawns yesterday; saw a few. Got a few photos; one of a newly dropped Elk calf; one of a raccoon, and one of a nice Whitetail Deer buckin velvet. Saw a few fawns and decided it might still be a few days early given this cool weather:
A few recent White-tail deer photos
Posted in mammals, tagged Arkansas, buck, deer, doe, murray road, nature, outdoors, parthenon, tail, white, whitetail on March 11, 2013| 2 Comments »
My home is in one of the coldest spots in Arkansas
Posted in Weather, tagged Boston Mountains, climate, cold, Davis Instruments, davis weather station, deer, Henderson, Little Buffalo River, micro-climate, mountain, nature, plateau, Reynolds, shiloh, Taylor, temperatures, upper buffalo wilderness, weather on March 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Miserably cold March, so far !!!
After on full year with the Davis Weather Station and a member of Weather Underground, they have found that I have one of the coldest reporting stations in all of Arkansas. I not only have the coldest year-round low temperatures but some of the hottest readings in the summer. The Arkansas town of Deer is in the center point of this micro-climate. See temperature maps with 1F increments in morning lows:
My home is located in the Murray Valley, south of the Little Buffalo River at about 1,200 feet altitude. I am surrounded by mountains but the home is actually on a plateau (bench) about 250 feet above the river. The mountains around my home and the Davis Weather Station, are all 1,200 – 1,400 feet above my gauge. In the mornings all year around, I am shaded by the shadow of Henderson Mountain until mid-morning (later in the winter). The winter’s prevailing NW winds have a straight shot at my place on a true downslope (very cold) flow. Reynolds mountain is N and NW of the gauge and Beckham Hollow (holds Beckham Cave) is due west with Shiloh Mountain directly behind. On the other side of Shiloh Mountain is Boxley, AR. and Cave Mountain (Upper Buffalo Wilderness); also a fairly cold area. At Beckham Creek, the Little Buffalo River turns south and encircles Taylor Mountain; which lies south of the gauge.
NW Arkansas has always been the cool spot in Arkansas, with a corresponding drop in on the USDA Planting Zone maps; placing it in the same zone a between Joplin and Kansas City, MO. See maps.
I have high humidity and fog in the summers and fall about half the mornings of the week. It lifts by 8 AM to 8:30 AM most mornings and leads to a fairly quick warm up. However, the low has already been reached near dawn and directly after. The fog forms on the Little Buffalo River and moves southeast towards Taylor Mountain.
My gauged temperatures typically run about 10F below the readings at Harrison to the NE on the other side of the Boston Mountains. This is wonderful in the summer.
It is extremely pleasant every morning May-August until 8-9 AM; sometimes 10:00 AM. A great time to do yard or garden work ! I love the climate; except the 110F summer readings.
Nervous whitetail as they approach my yard
Posted in mammals, tagged Arkansas, boston, deer, fawn, flags, Mountains, murray, murray arkansas, tail, up, white, whitetail on February 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This appears to be a doe and her fawn from last May; they still have a tight bond to each other; I love that look of nervousness and anticipation (tails up, flags up) they show when the enter the yard in Murray, Arkansas.
