Thursday, January 29, 2009

Button bush encased in ice among the interesting specimens on World Peace Wetland Prairie after January ice storm

Please click on image to ENLARGE button bush encased in ice on World Peace Wetland Prairie on January 29, 2009.

Woodpeckers can have a great year in Fayetteville if people will keep the damaged trees that die later from the ice storm

Please click on images to ENLARGE view of woodpecker on World Peace Wetland Prairie at about sunset on January 29, 2009.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Leopard frog enjoys sunshine near World Peace Wetland Prairie on January 14, 2009

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Leopard frog where water runs under W. 12th Street trail to flow to World Peace Wetland Prairie on January 14, 2009

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Dead Bayou not far from World Peace Wetland Prairie

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Fayetteville, Arkansas, dead bayou.

Doves worship sun in tall, dead tree at dusk in winter on World Peace Wetland Prairie



Please click on image to ENLARGE and use the slide bars to move right and left and up and down to see closeup of doves in a dead tree on World Peace Wetland Prairie after sunset on January 21, 2009.

Red-shouldered hawk hunts from willow tree on Pinnacle Foods wet prairie adjacent to WPWP on January 21, 2009

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of same willow tree with one less trunk standing and no hawk on duty on January 28, 2009.

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of red-shouldered hawk on Pinnacle Prairie, adjacent to World Peace Wetland Prairie in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The hawk is perched in a willow tree on alert for small birds and mammals on the prairie.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Wetland educator workshop February 19, 2009, on Crooked Creek at Yellville, Arkansas

Early bird deadline Friday, January 23. Sounds like a great opportunity for teachers and volunteers. It would be nice if people who create such beautiful promos would omit the two needless pluralizations of nouns of mass such as "wetland" and "wonder" in the headlines, however.

Please click on image to ENLARGE to read.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Lioneld Jordan sworn in as mayor of Fayetteville, Arkansas

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Mayor Lioneld Jordan a few minutes after being sworn in by Judge Mark Lindsay on Friday, January 2, 2009, being congratulated by admirers and supporters in the Washington County Courthouse.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Why is muddy water flowing in a normally clear Ozark Mountain stream on a sunny New Year's Day?

Please click on images to ENLARGE view of muddy water flowing on New Year's Day into the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River.

For more images and a bit of explanation of this situation, please click the following link Silt-laden water pumped to the Town Branch by contractors flows to Beaver Lake
For a closer view of the pipe spewing water from Hill Place work site, please click on image to ENLARGE. Use cursor to move about and see the contrast between the flow from the pipe and the stream's normal clear water at right.


For more images and a bit of explanation of this situation, please click the following link Silt-laden water pumped to the Town Branch by contractors flows to Beaver Lake