Posted in Mountain Scenery, The River, Weather, tagged Arkansas, early, great fishing, in the day, late, little buffalo, parthenon, smallmouth bass, sunfish spawning, water clear and flowing on July 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
We have had lots of rain this July; nearly 8 inches, That has kept the Little Buffalo floatable all July, even in its mid-section. Smallmouth Bass are plentiful and Sunfish are still spawning; there are plenty of aquatic insects hatching early and late. All the fish seem interesting in the larger Mayflies. The river is alive !
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, arkansas spring, cardinal, late, nature, northern, Northern Cardinal, northwest, rain, spring, weather, winter on March 23, 2013| 4 Comments »
The high temperature Thursday was 34F, the low was 34F. A storm is coming this weekend; probably later today. Need the water badly; but my mood needs sunshine. Took this photo of a Northern Cardinal thursday afternoon — this says it all about our very late Arkansas spring:
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged 2013, american goldfinches, boston, creek, February, in, late, molting, morning cloak, Mountains, mourning cloak, nature, richland, richland creek, telephoto lens, yellow on March 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
These photos are a week old now; from back when the sun used to shine (its been mostly cloudy for a week now and unseasonably cold too), 28F again this morning. These are of American Goldfinches just beginning to molt to yellow; with 5 weeks they will be bright yellow. The mourning cloak was in the snow at Richland Creek, two weeks ago. I took the Goldfinch photos in my yard with a telephoto lens about Feb 20th, 2013:
