16-JUN-2009
Killdeer and Babies
#74,008 These babies are one day old. Impossibly fine fuzz makes the focus look like a painting.
17-JUN-2009
White-winged Crows, Buffalo National River
#74,039 A rare genetic near-albino that lives in Ponca, Arkansas. These birds are also called piebald crows. Crow hunters consider them trophies. Like most genetic traits, they do tend to pool in populations. These are rather common in Ponca, Arkansas.
14-JUN-2009
Old Barn and Trumpeter Swans, Boxley Valley, Buffalo National River
11-JUN-2009
Baby Wood Ducks, Boxley Mill Pond, Buffalo National River
#72,803 These little ones are a couple of weeks old. Old enough to be venturing out now and then on their own.
07-JUN-2009
Two Trumpeter Swans Following a Beaver
#72,515 This is more of a funny picture than a good picture, but this morning I photographed two trumpeter swans trailing a beaver that was dragging a large branch. The beaver was huge, his head almost the size of a duck. Nature sometimes gives you odd pictures, this is one. A day in the life of . . .
23-MAY-2009
Turkey Buzzard Taking Off