Tundra Swans December 23rd, 2015

We were visiting the “SeeCo” ponds on Hiram Road near Heber Springs today to see a few Tundra Swans among the many Trumpeter Swans. The pictures below show a picture of an adult and a juvenile. I suspect the adult is not fully so as his yellow lore is not very striking and he still has some of the gray markings that you see in the juvenile. Note how much smaller the juvenile Tundra is compared to the Trumpeters, not because he is juvenile but because Tundras are smaller. Not so obvious are some differences in the bill. Also pictured are a couple juvenile white morph Snow Geese. They seemed small to me but maybe that was because they were next to swans.

Tundra Swan Hiram Road Seeco Pond December 2015 2923 Tundra Swan Hiram Road Seeco Pond December 2015 2917
Snow Goose Hiram Road Seeco Pond December 2015 2904 Snow Goose Hiram Road Seeco Pond December 2015 2908

Rufous Hummingbird 12/12/2015

So here are some pictures of one of the two Rufous Hummingbirds (that I know of) in Central Arkansas. Taken Saturday morning 12/12/2015 at Stout House.

Rufous Hummingbird Stout House December 2015 0012 Rufous Hummingbird Stout House December 2015 0006
Rufous Hummingbird Stout House December 2015 0007

Full Moon 11/25/2015 (Thanksgiving Eve)

Wednesday night the clouds were starting to roll in for the start of five days of clouds so I grabbed my Canon SX50 HS with 1200 mm equivalent zoom and leaned against the car to get this shot.  I was impressed by how much detail was there.  I tweaked it a little in Photoshop, blackening the background and bringing out some details on the surface. Look how the rays from Tycho in the south can be seen across vast distances.
Full Moon 11-25-2015 Little Rock November 2015 2856 Half Size

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