We got up early. 5:30am is early. And drove to Arkansas, to the little national wildlife refuge called Wapanocca. It has canals, swamps, boggy areas, duck ponds, a small lake, all tucked inside a southern hardwood forest.
We saw plenty of birds.
- Starling
- Killdeer
- Mourning Dove
- American Crow
- Indigo Bunting female
- Northern Cardinal
- Great Blue Heron
- Prothonatory Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
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- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
- Carolina Wren
- Yellow-Breasted Chat
Yellow-Breasted Chat
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- Snowy Egret
- Great Egret
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pied-Billed Grebe en famille
- Horned Grebe
- Red-Winged Blackbird
- Bank Swallow
- Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
And here are some digital photos from the trip.
Pier at Lake Wapanocca
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The Swampy Bog
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Reed Beds
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Giant Lily Pads
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Careless Fishermen Hung Their Lures
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Black-Eyed Susans along the Highway
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We had a great time on Labor Day. Very exciting to see all the birds. But we had gotten up very early, so when we got home we had a meal, and then, both fell straight asleep.
Robert
photos courtesy of lspitalnik, rhoward, and rfowler
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