Category Archives: Wildlife

Reptile/Amphibian #38 – Broad-banded Watersnake

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Roger

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 →

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Bird #600 – Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Roger

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 →

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Bird #599 – Cave Swallow

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Roger

petrochelidon fulva Carthage, Texas – Respass Creek at Route 79 Thursday, July 13, 2023 – 10:50 am There are only two more birds that appear annually in Arkansas that aren’t on my life list, and both of them are considered … Continue reading →

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Overflow National Wildlife Refuge

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Roger

I drove the three hours south to this refuge in extreme south Arkansas because other birders were finding Least Bitterns there regularly. I’d never seen one except for brief views in flights over marshes. There were a lot of birds … Continue reading →

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Reptile/Amphibian #37 – Copperhead

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Roger

agkistrodon contortirx Sunday, May 7, 2023 – 10:47 am Faulkner County, Arkansas – Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area I was out birding and had just crossed over the dam on Lake Conway. On the narrow trail that leads back into … Continue reading →

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