Eureka Nature

For posting information about natural history events in and around Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

Sunday, January 14, 2007

An Interesting Site - Bird Cams

This came in as a comment. I don't have much in the way of links, but this site has a lot of links to live bird feeder cams, as well as a lot of other stuff.

Monday, January 08, 2007

Northern Mockingbird


Northern Mockingbird
Originally uploaded by Jettpakk1.
Here's a pic I got with my new camera, and also a test post for Flickr. This mocker has been in this bush for three years now, assuming it's the same one.

Slow birding

I've made several stops at Lake Leatherwood, and the birding has been slow. Waterfowl variety and numbers are down from earlier in the fall. Sparrows, normally one of the better aspects of winter birding, have been dismal; it's hard to find White-throats. Numbers of all species are low, except Robins, which are abundant. I've seen Eagles several times, and once had three Red-shouldered Hawks. My guess is that the mildness of the winter hasn't forced a lot of birds to come this far south. Even the Fayetteville CBC had a much lower species count than average. Either more cold or more snow might stir things up.