This is very early for a Barn Swallows to fledge and be fed by parents (last year was May 10th); I think this chick may have been knocked out of the nest way early, but he/she seems to be doing OK:
Posts Tagged ‘Mountains’
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:
Gloomy day after Christmas in Oark Arkansas — The great Oark Country Store
Posted in Farms and Homes, General, The River, Towns, tagged boston, menu, Mountains, mulberry river, Oark Arkansas, Oark Country Store on December 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
At the 105 year old Oark (yes Oark, no Z) Country Store on the upper Mulberry River in the southern Boston Mountains, with a decorated Cedar Tree and a beautiful floatable River just downstream at “Wolf Pen” access. Best burgers in Arkansas and beautiful old time atmosphere:
Mourning Dove taken from 100′
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, dove, Mountains, telephoto lens on November 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Using a EF600L IS f/4.0 I took this photo from my drive with a background compressed against the white siding on my home and a old Canon 1DS body; click to enlarge:
From Mt. Judea looking east at pre dawn – a retreating fog bank
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, tagged Arkansas, Boston Ozark, fog, highway 7, Mountains, Mt. Judea, pre sun rise, September, the Ozarks of Northern Arkansas on September 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
From Mt. Judea, got this photo of the fog lifting to the South. The Photo heading is nearly due East looking; across the Buffalo River to the Ozarks of Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri. The fog appears, at a distant point, to be crashing on shore: like giant ocean waves:
Migrating adult American Robin
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged american robin, Arkansas, boston, Mountains, parthenon on September 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The gorgeous Hooded Warbler
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, boston, Hooded, Little Buffalo River, Mountains, near Parthenon, warbler on May 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Taken 1 hours ago in the drizzle in Parthenon near thew Little Buffalo River; one of the most spectacular of the wood warblers; taken with a Canon 70D and a Canon EF400 f 5.6L:
Ox-eye daisies seem early this year
Posted in Wildflowers, tagged Arkansas, boston, daisies, Jasper, Mountains, near, ox eye daisy, parthenon on May 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Weird ! In a year where everything seemed late and then stayed in bloom along time; The highest and coldest areas go the Boston Mountain range some Red-buds are still at peak. Ox-eye daisies usually bloom May 15 – June 1. So this is unusual.
Ox eye Daisy
Purple and Blue
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, bluebirds, boston, Mountains, parthenon, Purple Martins on April 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Had a second pair of Purple Martins examine the house today; never had much luck with these birds. They’re are quite a lot of full Purple Martins on top of Shiloh and on top of Henderson Mountain. I am situated on a bench about 1000 feet below the mountain top and 200′ above the Little Buffalo River. I guess my house is hard to find ! The Bluebirds continue to incubate their eggs. One house, low enough for me to seen inside, has either 4 or 5 eggs. The other house I’m certain they are nesting in, is too tall for me to see inside.
Other pairs of Bluebirds continue to explore the newer house in the “house hunting” efforts. All photos here taken with a Canon 50D and a EF400L f/5.6 lens:
March 17th (St. Patricks Day) — Rain turns to Ice and Snow
Posted in Mountain Scenery, mountains, Weather, tagged Arkansas, boston, ice, Mountains, parthenon, snow on March 17, 2014| 2 Comments »
The storm center passed right over this Arkansas County; Newton. We first received, as posted yesterday, almost 3″ of rain; then it starting around noon to a quick changeover; it began first a higher elevations of the Boston Mountains and finally down to ~1000 feet. It was a wet snow with big flakes but was first we got an hour of ice and sleet. I drove out this morning around 8 AM to get a few photos, using a Canon 1DS Mark III Full Frame and a 17-40 Canon f/4 at f/4 zoom:
Life and Wildlife along the Little Buffalo River 