Category Archives: Wildlife

Nerodia erythrogaster Tuesday, April 2, 2024 – 10:33 a.m. Conway, Arkansas – Hendrix Creek Preserve I was birding along the trail between I-40 and the creek. I saw an approaching couple with two boys. They stopped and stared at something … Continue reading →

phoenicopterus (from Greek, red-winged) ruber (Latin, red) Adams County, Wisconsin – Pentenwell Lake Sunday, October 8, 2023 – 1:18 pm In my last post, I reported my failed trip to Alabama to see American Flamingos that were blown there by … Continue reading →

coluber constrictor priapus Thursday, September 7, 2023 – 11:09 am Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, AR I was birding along the levy hiking trail through woods when I came within two feet of stepping on this snake. It was about … Continue reading →

nerodia fasciata confluens Wednesday, August 30, 2023 – 9:14 am Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas I spotted this snake swimming in a channel along a rice field. It was perhaps two feet long. I was standing on the road … Continue reading →

dendrocygna bicolor Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas Friday, July 14, 2023 – 4:26 pm After I saw the Cave Swallows yesterday, there was only one species that occurs annually in Arkansas that I didn’t have on my life list. … Continue reading →