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:
male White Eyed Vireo
Female White Eyed Vireo
Nest building 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:
