Pictures from Last July 2009

It's a Walking Stick bug.
Sunflower and Morning Glories

Scissortailed Flycatcher in a little oak tree.

The petunia bed.

Twin fawns on Mount Nebo.

Enjoying the Mount Nebo Vista.

Why does this view remind me of Beetlejuice?

More 2009 Arkansas Pictures

A Turkey Vulture flying over the Arkansas River.

Red Wave Petunias

Ominous Clouds

Mayflies on a lamp post.

A gardener honing her skills.

Wildflower on the side of the road.

Queen Anne's Lace.

The Ride in Tour de Valley.

Ageratum and Snapdragons.

Men fishing on the Arkansas River.

A snake's skin in the flower bed.

Pictures from Earlier in the Year

Tree Swallows checking out the martin box.
When the dew was on the roses.

An Indigo Bunting along a country road.

Dardanelle Lock and Dam after heavy rains.

A beautiful purple wave petunia.

Titmice family took up residence in the bluebird box.

Tulip Poplar tree in full bloom.

APRIL PICTURES

Here is a Red Maple in bloom. We found this along a country road near Flood Mountain in Yell County. The next picture is of dogwoods from that same trip.

Here is a tiny butterfly on my pink petunia. The name of the petunia is Appleblossom.

A giant slug was crawling up my crepe myrtle tree. It's hard to get a perspective in a picture, but believe me, he was HUGE.

This is the "Big Eddy". A fishing hole from my youth on Dutch Creek.

This is an old picture of Trigger. (from my youth)--- Added here because of the tree in the background. In the next picture is the same tree fifty years later.

NUTHATCH PICTURES! FINALLY!

I've been trying for a long time to get a picture of the nuthatch flitting around in my yard. The first couple of pictures are a Brown-headed Nuthatch. He is not the one I was trying for, but I was glad to get the pictures so I could go to my bird book and identify him.

Here is the elusive White-breasted Nuthatch in my backyard. I was able to sit on my deck and snap a few pictures of him flitting up and down the tree. Yaaaaay!!!!

HOW ABOUT SOME ARKANSAS WILDLIFE

I call these "my deer". I see them every morning when I go for my jog. I think they tolerate me.




The following cardinal and eastern bluebirds have been busy in my backyard. I'm still hoping to get a picture of the nuthatch that just won't be still.