Saturday's Critters # 671

 Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir

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Another mish-mash post, photos from my walks with hubby and Miney.  Some back yard birds, the warblers were on the move south. I had a few stop in my yard to eat the berries.  

1. Below are a couple of my backyard birds seen Sept 14th, the male Northern Cardinal and bottom row is a Cape May Warbler. 

2. Cape May Warblers are enjoying the berries in our yard.  I love to see these birds return each Fall to eat some of our berries.  

3. At Prettyboy, a walk with Miney while Merlin records the birds being heard.  

4. A walk on the fire road, I could see the lake

mud through the trees. In the distance I could see one Great Blue heron and a flock of Canada Geese. 

In my back yard I notice three Cedar Waxwings in a tree top, they stopped to eat some of berries in the side yard. 

5. NCR trail with Miney and Hubby. We saw some late blooming flowers. A Black Swallowtail butterfly. Miney was checking out the book in the free library. 

6. Sept 17th, I was still seeing a couple of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at my feeder. 

7. While walking on the NCR bike trail, I noticed a woman trying to move this tiny Ring-necked Snake off the trail. She was afraid it would be run over by a bike.  It was a teeny-tiny snake, my fingers are larger than this snake.

8. Hubby, Miney and I enjoyed a 2 mile round trip walk on the NCR bike trail.  The Caroline Wrens were singing loudly and I notice an American Redstart hopping around a tree while we were resting at a picnic table. 

Bonus Images of the grandkids and their Halloween decorations.

Update on hubby Michael, he did well with the Heart Catheterization procedure. They did find one of three arteries to the heart was over 90% blocked, two stents had to be put in to open the artery. Now he will add blood thinner medicine to all the other meds he takes. He has to go back in 6 months for another Heart Echo test for follow up. 

I am linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday   I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post.

Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.

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Happy Monday!

 Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"Life is short and it is here to be lived."

Scenic view along the Seward Highway overlooking the Turnagain Arm near Anchorage, Alaska.

"Live the life you've imagined."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday's Critters # 670

Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir

My mish mash post of photos, includes my local walks with Miney and Hubby.  I would appreciate prayers for my hubby he has to have a heart catheterization procedure on Wednesday to check for bad heart valves. He may need surgery to replace a valve. This problem was found from all the tests that the Kidney transplant team ordered. 

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1. My walk with Miney on the local Prettyboy fire road. We have been seeing lots of mushrooms and fungi on and off the trail. 

2. My backyard Buddleia butterfly bushes attracted lots of butterflies this season. The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and the Fritillary butterflies were the most common butterflies I was seeing. 

3. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and a Fritillary Butterfly.

4. On my walk around the dialysis center/hospital parking lot I was seeing groups of Canada Geese flying over. 

5. My walk to the lake with Miney, the lake is looking more like a stream, the grasses are growing taller now. I did see a group of White-tailed deer running on the grasses. 

My Merlin App birds for my walk to the lake. 

6. A larger photo of the deer, they were a distance away but it seemed like they were looking back at me and Miney. 

7. Sept 10th, this is the time the warblers are on the move, heading south for the winter.  I usually see some warblers in yard eating the berries of the the Aralia spinosa bushes. This is a Black-throated Green Warbler I was able to see outside my bathroom window.

8. Sept 10th, I am still seeing some of my Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at the feeders. This one is sharing the feeder with a bumble bee.

I am linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday   I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post.

Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.

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Happy Monday!

 Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"Smell the sea, feel the sky, let your soul and spirits fly." Van Morrison

The view of the Oregon coast line at Cape Perpetua lookout. 

"Nothing soothes the soul like a day by the ocean."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday's Critters # 669

 Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir

My mish mash of photos, still way behind sharing my walks on the fire roads at Prettyboy and walks on the NCR bike trail.  Some various photos like the sky shot and some flowers. 

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1. On dialysis morning it is just me and Miney out for a walk on the fire road.  I always enjoy seeing the sun shining through the trees.

2. A walk on the NCR bike trail in Parkton, with hubby and Miney. Hubby has a spot to rest from our walk. We saw pretty Cardinal flowers and cool looking mushrooms. 

3. On this day I took a few photos from my walk around the dialysis center, I like these pretty purple flowers, not sure of their name, I would like some growing around my house. After a sprinkle of rain I saw half a rainbow while on the parking lot. 

4. Our walk on the local fire road, with hubby and Miney. We saw an American Dagger Caterpillar and a Fritillary Butterfly. 

5. My Prettyboy Merlin birds, heard on my local fire road walk photos of the trail above. 

6. The Pileated Woodpecker can be heard often while we are walking on the local fire road.

7. On the back road to our local Walmart we pass this farm that has a large group of mules. They look so cute. They are working mules I have seen some hooked up to a wagon.

8. Pokeweed is a Maryland native plant, the berries are a good source of food for the wild birds. The stems are purple, the berries hang in clusters which are green to start and then they turn a glossy purple. The berries are poisonous for humans but they are safe for the birds and wildlife. For some reason this year we have this plant growing all around our yard.  If it makes the birds happy, I am happy. 

I am linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday   I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post.

Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.

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Thank you for sharing your critters and post!