Caught these guys along the Buffalo River near Pruitt.
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Female and Male Summer Tanager near Buffalo River
Posted in wildbirds, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, Buffalo River, pruitt, summer tanager on May 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Pair of White-eyed Vireos nest building – 4/22
Posted in Mountain Scenery, Wild Birds, tagged Arkansas, Bridge, Jasper, near Pruitt Bridge, nesting, pruitt, southern United States, white eyed vireo on April 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Found these two beauties building a nest near Pruitt, Arkansas this morning at 8:00n AM. I used a Canon 50D and a Canon EF400 f/5.6 L to take about 175 photos of their nesting activities.
The White eyed Vireo is a small and secretive bird of shrubby areas of the eastern and southern United States, the White-eyed Vireo is more noticeable for its explosive song than its looks.
Nest Description
Nest an open cup suspended by rim from fork of small branch in tree. Made of leaves, bark, plant fibers, rootlets, or bits of paper, held together with insect silk and spider webbing, and decorated on outside with lichens, moss, or leaves. Lined with rootlets, fine grass, or hair. Placed low to ground.
Couple of photos of the Buffalo River in early morning 4/22
Posted in The River, Weather, tagged after, April 2014, ar, Buffalo River Arkansas, dawn, Jasper, ozark, pruitt on April 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Just a couple of photos taken with a Canon 1DS MK III full frame with a Canon EF17-40 f/4.0 IS:
A beautiful dawn at Ozark Campground (between Erbie and Pruitt)
Posted in Mountain Scenery, The River, Weather, tagged bluffs, Boston Mountains, Buffalo River, Erbie, nature, outdoors, Ozark Campground, pruitt, serenity on August 21, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This morning was foggy and cool again (57 degrees) and the serenity of the Buffalo River was indescribable:
Lower Little Buffalo River east of Pruitt, AR.
Posted in The River, tagged Arkansas, below, canoe, fishing, Jasper, Little Buffalo River, low water bridge, nature, outdoors, pruitt, smallmouth bass on February 26, 2013| 1 Comment »
I drove and hiked into the lower section of the Little Buffalo River east of Pruitt last week. While no longer in the Boston Mountains, and out on the Springfield Plateau; it retains lots of beauty. I floated the stretch from the Jasper Highway 7 bridge the the old Hasty low-water bridge in early June 1974 (nearly 40 years ago).
I remember a lot about the float, especially the smallmouth bass fishing. It was phenomenal !! By 1974 I put away the spinning rods and was fly-fishing these rivers. On that day I caught so many nice smallmouths; over 20 (14-18 inches) on the Little Buffalo but caught one real good fish on the Buffalo about 1/2 miles below the confluence of the Little and Big Buffalo Rivers. It was 21 inches long and weighed 4 pounds 13 ounces. Sadly, I elected to keep the fish for mounting (it resides a the Ozark Cafe in Jasper today). We released all the other bass, goggle eye, and sunfish we caught that day.
The lower Little Buffalo has fewer riffles and longer, deeper pools than the upper river. Most of the action, when fishing, took place at the head and tail of each pool. The river was sporty and fun to canoe during spring water levels; there were more bottom fields but a good scattering of short-leaf pine on the bluffs. I am planning on floating the Little Buffalo from the Creek’s End (Thomas Creek) all the way to the mouth at the Big Buffalo this May, water and health hold up. Id like to create a float map for tis clear water gem.
Round Mountain and Pruitt on Saturday
Posted in Mountain Scenery, tagged Buffalo River, fog, freezing, Jasper, nature, outdoors, photo, pruitt, round mountain, saturday morning on February 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
As I stopped in Jasper on Saturday morning I noticed that the top of Round Mountain (south of Jasper), was encased in ice. Drove up to Pruitt and took a photo of the Buffalo River. It looked beautiful and floatable !!
