Sam and I joined the Audubon Society of Central Arkansas yesterday on a field trip to Southwest Arkansas looking for the elusive Cave Swallow. Thanks to Charles Mills we found them at a place called First Old River Lake in Miller County. The lighting was lousy and I don’t think any pictures are salvageable but Charles had managed to spot one from a crowd of mixed swallows almost immediately. We all had good looks. Also on the wire were representatives of every swallow species in Arkansas save Purple Martin. On the far side of the small lake were Roseate Spoonbills, a first for the year, Great Blue & Tricolored Heron, Great & Snowy Egrets, dark Ibis either Glossy or White-faced, Anhinga and Bald Eagles. Though dreary and threatening rain all the while it was a successful trip culminating in a new life bird for Sam and myself.
How I spent my lack of summer vacation
It has been too long since I blogged. I got very busy at work and home and then I was so far behind I put off posting anything. I’ve decided to just post a lot of recent (two month) images and call that good enough. Maybe I’ll be able to post on a regular basis after getting this done.
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Two Rivers Park and a little bit of Cook’s Landing 7/7/2013
I started at Cook’s Sunday morning but was kind of slow so I moved across the river to Two Rivers Park looking for anything worth looking at. I visited the new mound that they just built and found several things: 1) it could be used as a sit on the grass amphitheater if they allow; 2) a new to me butterfly- the Sachem skipper; 3) a human sundial. I also found three Eastern Tiger Swallowtails and Pipevine Swallowtail enjoying the button bush.
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