Riveroflife

Old North Fork bass fisherman in old Jon boat. Hand carved sassafras paddle..

Taken May 21, 2008. No wonder there are so many smallmouth bass !

From my grandfather’s collection

The Yellow Throated Warler is common throughout Southern Missouri. Picture taken by me at ROLF; 4/30/08. This is not the same as a Common Yellow Throat.

From Treehouse Hideaway taken by me 5/20/08.

I think Pine Warbler taken by me in Treetop Hideaway 5/20/08.

Common in the higher fields around ROLF, I almost always see them coming in from the Crossroads store. They also have a sweet and upbeat song. They like to sit of wires to song.

Found in the slow-moving riffles in the North Fork, where the bottom is gravel and rock and the water cold and clear. (Courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation).

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Fairly common in southern Missouri. I saw one nesting in a Bluebird House at Caney Mountain Refuge last June 2007. The are not colonial nesters and prefer Bluebird Houses when they can find them. They are beautiful birds with shiny green backs. They are fascinated with feathers and can spend hours flying, dropping, and catching them before they reach the ground. They are summer residents of Southern Missouri.

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A sleek bird that spends almost all of is hours on wing. Steel Blue back feathers and an orange throat. Can be found at ROLF where ever he can find an overhand to build his mud nest underneath. This bird has a forked tail that is very easy to see. A twittering call. A summer resident of ROLF.