Art,
I must have missed your email the first time around when you sent it, but
found it when I was searching old emails for birders in Carroll County.
Hogscald Holler is a special place for me, long before I ever started
birding: it was where my dad taught me to swim back in the mid 1970s, and
then the place in the summer of 1998 I went on my first outing with my
future wife sitting around a little campfire on a small bluff one night
late after work. Birding Carroll County has given me a chance to retrace
some of my favorite places that I know like the back of my hand, as I
re-imagine my home country now by discovering the amazing birds that were
always there but had existed beyond my powers of perception. Finding your
email these three years after you wrote it shows me that there is someone
else who finds joy in uncovering the hidden treasures around us. Thank you
for sharing your discoveries.
The Best,
Todd Ballinger, Fayetteville
On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 12:00 PM Art Weigand <aweigand13...> wrote:
> I was pleasantly shocked to get a long look at a Canada Warbler this
> morning. The necklace and gray back were quite clear. I was on CR 148 which
> is about 6 miles south of Eureka Springs off Hwy 23. This road dips down
> into a low area with a creek running eventually into the end of the big
> Clifty arm of Beaver lake, an area commonly referred to as Hogscald. I’ve
> had wonderful luck seeing warblers along this road for years. In addition
> to the Canada I also had 3 Kentucky’s, a Northern Parula and a Hooded
> warbler.
> Although I couldn’t find them this morning I also often see Blue-winged
> warblers, Louisiana Waterthrushes and Ovenbirds along this road as well.
>
> Art Weigand
> Oak Ridge Park
> Beaver Lake
>
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Todd Ballinger, MA, NBCT
English 11/AP English Language and Composition
Fayetteville High School
