Saturday, May 16, 2015

Saturday's Critters #74


Saturday's Critters #74

Happy weekend, everyone!  It's Saturday and it's time to share your critters.. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who has linked up in the past and for those who are linking in on this week's critter party. And of course I always appreciate my blogging friends stopping by just for a visit.

I am sharing more of the birds we saw while visiting the Circle B Preserve near Lakeland Florida.


A Little Blue Heron



A Black-crowned Night Heron


A Tricolored Heron, I love the breeding blue color on this heron's bill.


We saw a lot of White Ibis, Great Egret and Wood Storks

I hope enjoyed my Florida birds.. I still have more Florida places and birds to share..that will be in a future post..Thank you for the visits and for all the nice comments.. As always I appreciate your participating with my critter party..Have a happy weekend!



Thanks to Tex Theresa aka Tex, I was able to add this link up button and thanks to  Jennifer for creating my photo badge.



To see more beautiful birds and cute critters, check out these two memes below.

Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-BirdinThanks to the gracious host: Anni.  Also check out Camera Critters. Thanks to Misty for hosting this fun meme.




76 comments:

  1. Hi Eileen, the Tri-colored Heron is amazing as are all your birds in this post Thanks for hosting. Jo

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  2. Great photos ~ these birds are gorgeous!! Thank you for hosting every week :)

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  3. Your Florida birds were fantastic Eileen. They brought back a lot of good memories from our last trip to Florida a while ago. Thanks for hosting and have a great weekend :)

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  4. Your Florida birds are fantastic Eileen. They bring back a lot of great memories from our last trip a while ago. Thanks for hosting and have a great weekend :)

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  5. The tricolored heron is gorgeous - with an impossibly long needle-nosed beak! (and another heron I'd not heard of before)

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  6. Gorgeous birds all of them! Have a great weekend, Eileen!

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  7. HI Eileen I love all the images of thedifferent Heron's This was a wonderful trip and you are making me want to go there in the future. Might pick you brains on that one later. Thanks for hosting and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

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  8. Pretty birds in the shots, pure photography.

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  9. Your bird photos are great, I especially like the Tri-Colored Heron, its feathers are perfection and I like the way the ones on the wings look so carefully arranged. The blue on the face is elegant, too, and what a long sharp beak it has!

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  10. I can hardly wait for the W. Storks to return here to our area...they're such an interesting bird.

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  11. Hi Eileen--I laughed when I saw the photo of the little Blue Heron--I don't know if it's the eyes or what, but what a silly face.
    Great shots . You really saw a lot there. What an enjoyable trip.

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  12. Hari OM
    Love herons - and by some fluke I posted one at the Meno blog today! the are such graceful and patient critters &*> YAM xx

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  13. Good morning, Eileen.
    Your bird photos are great.
    Beautifully the different types of herons.
    I wish you a very good weekend.
    Best regards, Irma

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  14. Muito lindas todas as fotos! Que o fim de semana seja ótimo! bjs, chica

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  15. The Tri-Colored Heron is gorgeos! :) Thanks for hosting. Have a great weekend!

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  16. Your herons are gorgeous, especially the Tri-coloured one with its breeding blue colour!
    Enjoy your weekend Eileen :)

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  17. Happy Saturday. You know I love the herons and the baby is special.

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  18. So many wonderful birds in Florida! I maust go there soon! ;)

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  19. A wonderful collection of long neck critters. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  20. Great photos. That Tri-colored Heron is a beauty.

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  21. Great photos of beautiful birds!
    Have a nice weekend!

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  22. Wow Eileen, what amazing photographs! Your Herons are just awesome, I'm crazy about them and all birds for that matter!! I may have to go birding in Florida!

    Have a sweet Saturday!

    Nancy

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  23. I do enjoy seeing all of the variety of the Florida birds! :)

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  24. Those are amazing birds. I've always thought the blue heron was so graceful and pretty. The second one I've never seen before and wouldn't have had any idea that it was a heron. Great photos, Eileen!

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  25. Dearest Eileen; So amazing to see your great captures of three different Herons♡♡♡
    I could have a photograph of usual white heron today p:-) I DO wish we have place like Circle B Preserve in my area :-)
    Thank you very much for hosting, Dear friend. I wish I had the energy to visit other friends... Night Night from Japan.

    Sending Lots of Love and Hugs to my Dear friend in America, xoxo Miyako*

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  26. Such a treat it is to see your photos Eileen. I have learned a bunch sense I started following you . . . I liked seeing the varieties of the Heron . . . I wonder where you are right now, taking more photos for us to enjoy!

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  27. Hi Eileen,
    fantastic photos and portraits too of the heron.
    Best regards, Synnöve

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  28. The herons are spectacular! I'd love to see any one of them!

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  29. I'm really enjoying seeing your Florida birds. It might help us ID some that we see. We live just North of Lakeland. Thanks for the fun party! Hugs, Diane

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  30. they are all so beautiful. i love the black crowned heron. that photo is wonderful. the light is perfect and he is wonderful

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  31. the first 3 are all ones i'd love to see some day!

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  32. I love to see Florida birds. Especially in person!

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  33. the day of the herons!!! gorgeous "big" birds, they are all my favorites!!!!!

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  34. Wonderful photos from Circle B, a place that I still have not visited, believe it or not. I must admit to being a stay-at-home kind of birder, mostly because of having a wetland adjacent to my Florida home, and so many local opportunities when I am here in my second home in Illinois.

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  35. ♬♪ه° ·.
    Aves muito elegantes...imagens muito bonitas.

    Bom fim de semana!
    Beijinhos.

    ╰╮✿
    ✿✿ه° ·.

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  36. Hello Eileen!!
    Wow!!So many herons!Gorgeous birds!!Wonderful shots!Great captures!!Have a lovely weekend!
    Dimi...

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  37. Hi Eileen - thanks for hosting. Your bird photos are fabulous! LOVE seeing the different kinds of Herons.

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  38. Love all your herons, egrets & storks, but that tri-color heron is my favorite!

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  39. Great collection of waterfowl, Eileen. I love the Tri-colored Heron, too!
    ~

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  40. Happy Saturday Eileen. Your photos are so nice. You share birds that otherwise I would never see. Thanks and enjoy your day.

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  41. Fabulous photos of the heron! Have a great weekend!

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  42. That had to be a fantastic treat seeing all of those gorgeous birds on your visit Eileen. Love them all. Carol

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  43. Hello Eileen. You have some stunners there. The Tri-coloured Heron is a real winner with your picture capturing such splendid summer plumage detail. But the Little Blue runs it close and I love the ribbons on the Night Heron - all very splendid.

    Thanks for hosting again and enjoy your weekend.

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  44. That's a beautiful heron. I hope you're enjoying your weekend!

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  45. What wonderful birds. We have Blue Herons and are not happy when they dine on our fish and frogs.

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  46. Hi Eileen,
    The birds in this post are beautiful. I am particularly fascinated by the tri-color heron. The blue is that bird is dazzling.
    Thank you for hosting.

    Have a Beautiful Day!
    Peace :)

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  47. Hi Eileen, I finally find out how to add my photo.
    -The Tri-coloured Heron sure is beautiful!
    Happy weekend!

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  48. Such pretty and interesting birds. We have a few herons in Oh. They are such an elegant bird. Have a great day, Heather

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  49. gorgeous birds. I really liked the image of the Tri-colored Heron. Great shot of it´s color and plumage :)

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  50. herons always seem such graceful birds

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  51. I am looking forward to our trip to Florida next February so I can hopefully ID more birds from what you've shared.
    Have a good weekend Eileen.

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  52. Beautiful captures, Elaine. That tri-colored heron is so beautiful. I had not heard of them.

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  53. I like the tri colored heron. I've never seen one before.

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  54. That Tri Color Heron is beautiful!

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  55. Wonderful photographs! Tri-colored Herons and Little Blue Herons are both on my I-hope-I-see-some-day list. They are both so beautiful and I, too, love that blue breeding color. It is magnificent. We do have Black-crowned Night Herons at Reifel Sanctuary, but Bill and I haven't been there since he sold his truck. It's a bit too far to bike. All to say this is great post! Thanks so much for hosting. I hope you are having a happy weekend!

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  56. These are all great- you really got some wonderful shots. I like the tri-colored Heron- it looks like everyone does! Have a great weekend.

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  57. Delightful! I never get tired of seeing herons.

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  58. It was interesting to see different types of herons. Great shots!

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  59. Querida Eileen

    lindos passaros!
    eu amo todos eles!
    Bom domingo pra você!

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  60. A beautiful group of birds! I haven't seen a tri-colored heron before now, he's so pretty!

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  61. Very nice photos of the Herons.
    Have a great weekend, Eileen!

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  62. Love the blue bill of the Heron.

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  63. What a wonderful place to take pix!! THAT Heron is beautiful!!!!...:)JP

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  64. Excellent as I mentioned in my comment earlier. Thanks, Eileen, for sharing your link at I'd Rather B Birdin'.

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  65. Hello Eileen,
    Very good shots. So wonderful.
    Shot 2 and 3 are really fanatstic. Nice to see them.

    Many greetings,
    Marco

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  66. Eileen, those are so fantastic pictures and beautiful birds !!
    Have a happy Sunady :)

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  67. Next time I will participate with links back :-) Beautiful pictures on your blog and especially photo 1 and 3 are fantastic!

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  68. I think the tri colored is my favorite heron. Great picture. Well all of them are.

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  69. Awesome bird shots. I love water birds like the Herons.

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  70. Wow you always get such a neat turn out with your critters and why not right critters are like the best ever.I'll be back posting here too when I have free blogging time on weekends. It's fun and that's what I like about blogging for fun!

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  71. I always love coming and seeing all these birds that are totally foreign to me. Great captures.

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