Saturday's Critters # 661

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

I love to share my birds photos, nature photos from my walks with my dog Miney. Bird watching is one of my simple pleasures. I am still over a month behind sharing my photos. 

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1. Below a walk in my neighborhood with Miney, I head to the fire road that goes to the local Prettyboy watershed.  

As I head up the road I see a deer, luckily Miney missed seeing the deer. She would have wanted to chase after the deer. Sorry the photo is blurry, it is hard to take photos while holding Miney's leash. 

My Merlin Birds heard on our fire road walk. 

The Great-crested Flycatcher is another breeder in our area and neighborhood. I hear them often on my walks with Miney in the Prettyboy watershed. 

2. In my yard, I like to sit and enjoy the birds that visit my feeders.  The Tufted Titmouse, the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, and the Red-bellied Woodpeckers are seen every day.  

3. My Merlin App birds from my deck, one early morning. Just a few minutes and I am hearing some great birds. 

4. Below is a photo of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, it is another bird that is a breeder in the Prettyboy watershed. There have been times that I can hear them around my yard and in the forest that surrounds our house.

5. The House Wren is one of the loudest birds in my back yard.  

Below are two Merlin App birds lists from my walk with Miney on the local fire road. 

6. The Cedar Waxwings are one of my favorite birds to see and hear in my back yard. Their sounds easily recognizable, it is a high pitch call.

7. Our granddaughter Sophie's birthday party was a fun time.  Except for the extreme heat, the water slide was a hit with the kiddies. 

8. Below I am sharing two of the Vireos, both are seen and heard in my yard and neighborhood.  The Red-eyed Vireo top photo is pretty bird and has a loud call. The White-eyed Vireo bottom photo, is seen and heard in the Prettyboy watershed around our home. 

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!

"Peace begins with a smile." Mother Teresa

Mirror Lake, MT Hood, Oregon

"Today is a good day to smile."

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

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Saturday's Critters # 660

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

Lately I am sharing a mish-mash of photos from my back yard and my walks with Miney and Hubby. 

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1. The American Goldfinches one of my regular back yard bird visiting the thistle feeder.  

Below a female Goldfinch, waiting for her turn on the feeder. 

2. The Red-bellied Woodpecker, lately I have been watching a family of four of these birds coming and going to my feeder. They love the little peanut suet balls.

The Gray Squirrels will take over my feeders and empty the bird feeders in the blink of an eye. 

A juvenile Red-bellied Woodpecker, one of the family of 4 I have been seeing on my deck.  

3. A walk with Miney and hubby on the NCR bike trail in Parkton Md. I like seeing the Bee Balm blooming at the start of our walk. Along the trail we had 3 sightings of deer, luckily Miney only saw one. I think Miney would chase them if she could. I did see one Great Blue Heron, standing in the river it was mostly hidden by some tree branches. 

One of the deer we saw off the NCR bike trail.

4. On the drive home from the walk, I had to stop the car and let this group of Canada Geese cross the road.

5. A walk with Miney on the local Prettyboy fire road. 

The Merlin app picked the Ovenbird as my bird of the day, you can see above and my Ovenbird collage below.  They are breeders in the Prettyboy watershed area around our neighborhood.

This downed tree was my turn around spot and head home.

6. Back at home after our walk, I captured a male Eastern Bluebird standing on top of one of our birdhouses.  I think the couple has started on a new nest.

Some of the flowers on our deck, they attract the hummingbirds and butterflies.

"Make the present moment into the most wonderful moment of your life."

7. Another walk with Miney on the local fire road at Prettyboy. 

I hope you enjoyed coming along on my walks and the birds and critters I am sharing today. 

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! 

Happy Monday!

 Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"Inhale peace, exhale stress."

The Cape Flattery Trail located on the Makah Reservation takes you to the most Northwestern part of the USA. 

"Peace is found in the quiet beauty of nature."

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

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Saturday's Critters # 659

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

Happy August everyone!  I have a mish-mash of photos from various dates in June. I am forever behind at least a month or so. 

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1. June 14th, the day starts off with listening to my yard birds from our deck. The Carolina Wren was singing loudly, out performing all other birds.

Hubby, Miney and I took our morning walk on the NCR trail at Bentley Springs. 

Merlin App was used on our NCR bike trail walk. Lots of great birds were heard.  

The Scarlet Tanager was heard and seen a  few times while on our walk at the NCR trail. 

The Bee Tree free library was a cute new addition seen off the bike trail, it says seeds and stories below. 

2. Sometimes I go out on my deck and listen for the real early morning birds, the time listed below has 6:24am. 

I put one of my photos of the Northern Parula, it is a breeder in my area. I hear them often on our walks.

On June 5th the Merlin App said my "bird of the day" was the White-breasted Nuthatch.  They are a year round bird in my area and a regular visitor to my feeder. 

3. The Fritillary Butterflies love the Lantana plant on our deck.

4. My walk with Miney on the local fire road.  

Hubby and I had an lunch-dinner combo meal at the Barn Resort and the Farmhouse Restaurant in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Gettysburg is about an hours drive from home.  The large building used to be the Boyd's Bear store. The view of the field and trees from the resort window and some cute art work that was in the Ladies Restroom. 

I have been seeing 3-4 Hairy Woodpeckers at my feeders and they take turns with the Downy Woodpeckers and the Red-bellied Woodpeckers. 

Below I think are 2 Hairy Woodpeckers( one of the feeder and one on the pergola post) and 1 Downy Woodpecker on the railing. 

5. June 21st was Father's Day, my morning started off with a local walk with Miney at Prettyboy watershed.

6. Our walk to the lake with Hubby and Money, we saw more Slider Turtles and families of Canada Geese. One juvenile Bald Eagle flew by.  

After our local walk, we took a ride around the lake to look for wildlife and we stopped at the Prettyboy Dam. 

Prettyboy Dam and Bridge.

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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