Special place. It's seen some changes since the mid 70's when it was the
community skinny-dipping nature waterpark.
On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM Carol Joan Patterson <
<joanie.patterson...> wrote:
> I actually lived at Hogscald back in the early 80's. Many of us walked to
> the springs on a regular basis. I have super wonderful memories but never
> birded there. Now I plan to check it out!
>
> On Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 10:02:23 AM CDT, Todd Ballinger <
> <todd.ballinger...> wrote:
>
>
> 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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