Got a few photos before the sun came out early this morning. A pair of White Eyed Vireos; first the male, then the female, them the two of them building nest together:
Posts Tagged ‘near Parthenon’
White Eyed Vireos nest building
Posted in Reptiles and Amphibians, Wild Birds, tagged female, male, near Parthenon, nest building, white eyed vireo on April 21, 2015| 1 Comment »
A very cute pair of Black and White Warblers
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged 2015, 4/, April 19th, Black and White Warblers, cute, near Parthenon on April 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Just took these pictures this morning; a series if 97 photos (all fairly good); I’ll include 2:
Early White Variety of Spiderwort
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged April 7th 2015 moss montain, Arkansas, early, Moss Mountain, near Parthenon, spiderwort, white on April 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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:
Copper’s Hawk or Sharp-shinned Hawk in large Oak vower the Bird Feeder area
Posted in Weather, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, coopers hawk, near Parthenon, sharp-shinned hawk on February 24, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Just spotted him a 1 PM today today, February 24th is huge 4-5 foot diameter oak tree in the back yard. He was busy watching the songbirds feed at the 3 feeders I keep filled back there. Suddenly, he lurched off the tree and was hot on the pursuit of a American Goldfinch that he barely missed. I believe it was a Cooper’s Hawk based on visuals. Both Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned Hawks are small, fast, hawks with long tails. As raptors then tend to find spots with lots of bird activity and hang out there:
A Red Headed Woodpecker picking up Acorns
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, near Parthenon, pick up. acorns, red headed woodpecker, redheaded, Redheaded woodpecker on January 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Saw this many times yesterday in the backyard and got a few long distance photos, that I cropped. I doesn’t take long to remember how beautiful RHW’s are:
He/she finally landed in a tree on a dead branch:
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo from last June 2014
Posted in Wild Birds, tagged 2014; close up, Boston Mountains, Cuckoo, last June, near Parthenon, yellow billed cuckoo on December 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Took this photo of a Cuckoo and forgot to post is last June. I got to within 25-30′ of this juvenile, which is good because I rarely see them; just hear them all summer. Used a Canon 7D and a Canon EF300L IS 2/8 with a 1.4 TC yielding 420mm of lens:
Eyes to scare off predators
Posted in Moths and Butterfiles, tagged Arkansas, near Parthenon, on Butterfly Bush, Painted Lady, Painted Lady butterflies, predators on May 24, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A have a huge number of Painted Lady butterflies in the yard today. They have big blue eyes, presumably to scare of predators (taken with a Canon 70D with a 300mm f/2.8 lens with a Canon 2X Teleconverter = 960mm):
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:
Stormy day – Sunday 4/27 in Arkansas
Posted in Mountain Scenery, Weather, tagged april 27, ar, Arknasas, near Parthenon, Sunday, tornado, tornados on April 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Terrible destruction just south of me near I-40 ! I was very lucky to get off easy with this weather system. There was a confirmed tornado about 15 miles SE of me near Lurton, AR. The storm that produced that tornado came thru about 11 PM last night. I was asleep and the storm really caught me by surprise. It was not a quick T-Storm; the wind and lightning lasted a full 20 minutes. Many things have been rearranged in my yard.
In all, total we had 6 rounds of thunderstorms starting early on Sunday. Here is a photo, from my driveway, of the turbulent, rolling, heavy skies during the storm a 12:30 PM, the dew point hovered around 65F-70F all day long: