Saturday, March 29, 2014

Saturday's Critters #17

Saturday's Critters #17


Hello, can you believe it is almost the end of March. We are expecting a rainy Saturday and more rain into Sunday.. I do hope it is rain and not snow. On Monday, March 31 it is the opening day game for my hometown team, the Baltimore Orioles.. I hope they do well.

 Ok, it is time for Saturday's Critter party.  Link up your post and have some fun seeing all the different critters.   It is fun to visit with some new bloggers and catch up with some old blogging friends.  Either way, I hope everyone enjoys the critters.



My photos and birds are from our trip to the shore last weekend.. Above is a Great Blue Heron looking pretty..seen at the Prime Hook NWR in Delaware.



At Ocean City's inlet a few Black Scoters and the gulls in mid-air.. I love the gulls, I think it is a funny shot. Not sure of the the id on the gulls.. There are were too many variations of gull species, I have not even tried to id the gulls.



 I missed seeing the Purple Sandpipers at the inlet, usually they would be seen along the inlet wall but all I saw there were these gulls..


I like this shot of the Black Scoters, it shows the orange knob on their bill.


The Red-Breasted Merganser was also seen at the Ocean City inlet during our trip.. The Male has a green head, rusty breast and a shaggy crest..







Thank you for linking up to the critter party. I appreciate the visits, comments and the support of my blogging friends..

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

Please visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni of I'd Rather-B-birdin. Also, sharing with Camera Critters. Thanks to Misty for hosting.

 Thanks for stopping by and  I wish everyone a happy weekend.

51 comments:

  1. Fabulous photos - love the heron and the gulls - two of my favorites.

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  2. Lovely to see all these shore birds Eileen. You captured them well. I will be back in the morning to link up. Have a great weekend and thank you so much for hosting this fun meme.

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  3. a nice vareity of shore-birds Eileen. I can't see where to 'link' though (it says collection opens in 10h 50m...)

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  4. Hi Elaine, it's also rainy weather here and I'm not sure we're going out on our Saturday morning birding trip! I love the Red-breasted Mergansers with their shaggy crests and your other images are wonderful. I haven't linked my post today to yours as I think I'm too early for the LINKY again. Have a great weekend. Jo

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  5. Dearest Eileen;
    Oh, I LOVE all of your critter pictures. Great Blue Heron looks graceful. The orange knobs on their bill the Black Scoters have look really cute♪♪♪

    Thank you very much for hosting.
    Sending you Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*

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  6. eine schöne Sammlung hast du gezeigt Eileen
    Gesten habe ich bei uns auch eine Reiher gesehen,hoffe ich begegne ihn neu wenn ich die Kamera dabei habe.
    Mittelsäger finde ich auch schön.

    http://katerchen.designblog.de/kommentare/haben-wir-buttermilch-im-haus-....1400/

    LG zum Wochenende vom katerchen
    der die Daumen drückt für SCHÖNES Wetter :D

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  7. HI Eileen I cannot find the link up button on your blog today just the button to sign up on linky. Can you tell me where it is please or on this occasion if you can link it please so so as I will be out all day. I loved seeing the Black Scotors in your post today and thanks for hosting

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  8. HI Eileen I think perhaps the reason the LINK button is not there is because I am too early!!!

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  9. You really are enjoying yourself in spite of the bad weather!
    It not so good here either, light is missing seriously for photography!!
    I love your Black Scoters, that is one duck I'd love to see, but I said it already... I think! LOL!
    Enjoy your WE, Eileen!

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  10. Love your gulls just taking flight close to the water..pretty! :)

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  11. Good morning Eileen!!
    Such beautiful pictures of the Heron bird and the gulls!!Great shots,and i like your critters photos!Good luck to your favorite team the Baltimore Orioles!!Wish you a happy weekend!
    Dimi...

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  12. The heron is gorgeous and I love the gulls. Thank you for hosting and have a great weekend!

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  13. You were in a great location and have taken beautiful photos as always! Thank you for hosting.
    Have a nice weekend.

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  14. Your photos of these critters are fantastic. And the heron is sure standing pretty!
    Happy weekend..

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  15. I noticed our herons are back in our area too ... nice to see the birds returning! It looks a might windy there with the mergansers crests being blown about. Some great shots :) Wendy x

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  16. I love how you have heron and we have Arctic Snow Bunting!

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  17. A lovely heron shot Eileen. And I really enjoyed seing the scoters like that, because over here we only ever see them at long distances out on the sea.

    Thanks for hosting again, and have a wonderful rain-free weekend.

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  18. beautiful eileen, just beautiful!! i saw my resident egret yesterday, it's so exciting that these big boys are returning!!

    i added my link, but i don't see it. i tried to add it again and i got a message that i am already linked in!!

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  19. Nice photos, Eileen! I hope to see some Mergansers this year.

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  20. the mix of gulls and scoters is a neat shot! i like the darkness of the scoters in the water.

    thanks for hosting, eileen!

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  21. I love each and every one of these, but especially like all the gulls in the rocks.

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  22. Beautiful shots! I wish much luck to your Baltimore Orioles and my Cincinnati Reds this year :)

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  23. You got some marvelous pictures!

    Thanks for hosting!
    Happy weekend :-)

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  24. Eileen, lover those Mergansers!!! We are at JFK waiting for our flight...see you in two weeks...unless the connection is decent down there!...:)JP

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  25. A great variety of shore birds! Thanks for hosting Eileen!

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  26. Love your photo of the great blue heron! We had one in our backyard a week or so ago. Sadly, I didn't get my camera in time to capture it.

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  27. Neat shots of these water-loving birds, Eileen.

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  28. That first shot is just gorgeous!

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  29. what fantastic photos of shore birds, eileen!
    thanks so much:)
    xo

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  30. Loved the photos, although it looks very cold!
    Guess what, something new for us, melting and mud puddles! Yay!

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  31. We have both Great Blue Herons and Merganzers at our cabin. The Merganzers are pretty much year-round residents. I see them go by quite often. - Margy

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  32. Admire your shots, Eileen. The first pic shows the bird's elegance.

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  33. So many great shore birds, I love seeing the Red-Breasted Merganser. Hope you are having a great weekend Eileen.

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  34. I can't blame you for not trying to id the gulls -- I find them hard to tell apart as well. I love the picture of the Great Blue Heron. We've had two days of rain now, so I'm afraid it may be headed your way.

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  35. Love the picture of the heron. I miss seeing the heron when I walked around the lake where I used to live.

    Rain came here late this afternoon. So far it is just rain!!! : )

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  36. Nice shot of the heron! I've never seen the Scoters before...very cool ducks!

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  37. I never knew there were so many different ducks until I read your posts but i like the heron best.

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  38. ...thanks for linking up at the Bird D'Pot this weekend Eileen.

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  39. lovely photos, specially the scoters, such wonderful beaks they have!

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  40. My favourite is the Black Scoter, iut is sublime.

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  41. we changed to summer time last night so no there is much more daylight. Hmmmm..... Love the mergansers hairdo. :)
    Thanks for hosting SC!

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  42. I hope the snow stays away for you too.I like the Scoters. Only seen them once myself but very nice birds.

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  43. So wonderful...today I've been "to the shore"... All the best, once again, and Have a pleasant and cosy week!

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  44. You have so many birds over there, it's amazing

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  45. Eileen, the GBH is a super shot!! Always enjoy your shorebirds as well. Hope you have a fantastic week. Thank you for doing the meme!

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  46. Superb all waterfowl Eileen. The black sea duck I find really very beautiful and you have ookd e iiddelste mergansers. Nice that he :-)

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