Saturday I joined ASCA for a field trip to this state park on the mountain. The temperatures were fine, the day sunny. Good birds and butterflies, plus a new life moth the Walnut Sphinx Moth.
Sunday Dragon Hunting
Sunday morning, before and after chores, I went dragon hunting. I wouldn’t turn down a good butterfly or bird but dragons were the target. I saw a few species, mainly the ubiquitous Common Pondhawk but also some less common species in particular a new life dragon – the Red Saddlebags. Talk about red, when I saw this thing I was reminded of a giant mosquito gorged on blood.
Harris’s Sparrow, January 2013
Sam, Jack, and I visited a place called “Country Loop Road” yesterday to see their resident “uncommon” birds – The Bewick’s Wren and the Harris’s Sparrow. This is not the only place you can see them of course but its one of the closer places to Central Arkansas. The Bewick’s was a no show but several Harris’s Sparrows were in the area. Here is a shot of one.
