Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland Florida

Hello

First I want to thank Maggie of Normandy Life she is the new host of Mosaic Monday. Can you believe tomorrow will be August, where did the summer go?

During our visit to Florida I managed to fit in some time for birding. The Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland Florida is one of my favorite spots. I love the gorgeous trees with the spanish moss and the birds are just awesome. I am sharing some of the scenes and birds we saw there during our short morning walk.

I love the moss covered trees and bottom right corner is a Great Blue Heron.

As I walked on the trail in the photo above this snake crossed in front of me. Thanks to Sandra the Mad Snapper for the id. She told me it is the poisonous Coral Snake. It is a colorful snake, I am glad I used the zoom on my camera.

Coral Snake rhyme: Red touches yellow, dangerous fellow. Red touches black, friend to Jack

One of my favorite herons, the Green Heron seen right off the trail.

The Common Moorhen was seen often, their population must be booming.

Common Moorhen family.

Swallowtail butterfly.  It was a hot day so we only spent a short time at the Circle B Bar reserve but during the short time we enjoyed all these nature scenes.

Here is my list of memes for the week, I hope you can check one or some of these fun memes and the participants post. Have a great new week ahead!

Thanks to Maggie of Normandy Life  the new host of Mosaic Monday

Thanks to Monica for hosting NF Trees

Thanks to Michelle for hosting Nature Notes

Thanks to the hosting team of Our World Tuesday!

Thanks to Stewart for hosting Wild Bird Wednesday

Saturday's Critters #137

Saturday's Critters #137

Happy Saturday, it's time to share your critters and post. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who is linking in with this week's critter party.

I have some Florida birds and a lizard, we saw plenty of anoles or lizards while visiting Florida.

Duck family, the little ones in the grass were so cute.

A Muscovy Duck, they are strange looking.

Laughing Gulls on a light Pole.

Anhinga near the lake.

This lizard has a long tail and weird looking feet. I hope you enjoyed my post and critters. I am looking forward to seeing your critters and post. As always thanks for the visits and the nice comments. I also thank everyone who is linking up and sharing their critters.. Happy Saturday, have a great weekend!

Saturday's Critters will start every Saturday morning 8am EST. It is a party sharing your pets, birds, cows and horses, a wild animal or any kind of critter you want to share. Link up your blog post and enjoy everyone's critters.

68. This N That: DARN CRITTERS

67. Forest Dream Weaver

66. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©: Thirsty Nutkin

65. RILED CAT

64. 21 Wits, by Karen: Critters and Places

63. Novice Naturalist

62. Margy BC, Canada

61. Cormorant on the Thames | Birdbrain

60. Ulrika L Sweden

59. Linja in Virginia

58. Victoria - California

57. Monarda

56. Things that brought magic to July

55. Jocees Farm: Sheep Selfie

54. Ulla Laiho

53. RedPat - Toronto

52. Coloring Outside the Lines

51. Jo, South Africa

50. Hawk aka BrownDog

49. A Quiet Corner: Room To Roam

48. Andrew

47. 1000 PATTES - WILDLIFE GATEWAY: Les Hérons pourpré

46. Socks & Laika

45. Red-Shouldered Hawks of Tingsgrove and Beyond: Tin

44. TexWisGirl

43. Dogwalk

42. Helma's natuurfoto's: Alles blauw....., IJsvogel

41. Birds and Nature in the Forest of Dean

40. A Colorful World: Photographic Treasures

39. MyJourney: Life List

38. Garden-variety Cobra :)

37. My Memory Art: Six {vacation} Favorites

36. MaryBeth in Stanwood

35. Seasons in the Valley

34. Mama Zen

33. The Early Birder

32. It's All About Purple

31. Nick, Melbourne

30. Inspired by . . . Life thru My Lens 30:52

29. Sharon's Souvenirs

28. A Creative Harbor

27. hapzydeco

26. Ventures In Photos: Cows may be

25. Lavender Dreams : Florida Fish and Wildlife

24. Cloudia

23. Brian King Images | Sharing A View

22. Margaret

21. Dina J, FLA

20. Lea's Menagerie

19. Sphinx Moth

18. Manali - The Valley of Gods, tourist destination !

17. Rosyfinch Ramblings

16. Tom The Backroads Traveller

15. Christine & Her Camera: The Dairy Farm

14. Marleen, NL

13. Phil GB

12. ~Kolory w ogrodzie~

11. Wildlife Watching with FAB.: Landscape Enhancement

10. Fly in pale yellow flower | From My Horizon

9. mytripsonblog: Η μοχθηρία ως αρετή

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The collection has closed. Let other people know about it through twitter.

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

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

Florida 2016

Hello,

I am back after a trip to Florida and a quickie stop to see my sister's new place near Myrtle Beach North Carolina. I think I managed to take a few fence shots, sky shots and my usual birdie photos. These images are from Lakeland Florida.

Skywatch at the lake.

A neighborhood Limpkin.

A couple of White Ibis seen on the Walmart parking lot.

A nice sitting area near the lake.

Neighborhood Tricolored Heron and possible a Mottled Duck. The Florida birds were very cooperative posing near the fences.

Another view of the lake, palm tree and sky. I hope you enjoyed your visit. I appreciate your nice comments. Enjoy your day and the weekend ahead!


Here is a list of linky parties for part of the week, I hope to see you there. I have a few fence and my deck railing for Tex's Party and some pretty sky shots.

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.

Saturday's Critters #136

Saturday's Critters #136

Happy Saturday, it's time to share your critters and post. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who is linking in with this week's critter party.


Everything is OK but, I will be away from my computer but as soon as I can I will be visiting everyone who links up and everyone who leaves a comment.

These are some shots of the Canada Geese and Mallard ducks in a local park.

Saturday's Critters will start every Saturday morning 8am EST. It is a party sharing your pets, birds, cows and horses, a wild animal or any kind of critter you want to share. Link up your blog post and enjoy everyone's critters.

57. Beautiful World and A Novice Naturalist

56. Seraphina´s Phantasie: Die Hornisse

55. This N That: PEEP, PEEP ,PEEP

54. Let's do the Dish

53. Cats of Rovinj

52. ~Kolory w ogrodzie~

51. soul-and-mind-and-so-on: Mühlenmuseum...

50. COOL CAT

49. A Quiet Corner: Out The Window

48. Seize that moment

47. Alexa a Simple Life - Videos | Facebook

46. Little Wandering Wren

45. Linja in Virginia

44. Ulrika L Sweden

43. The Swan and the Frog |

42. Visual St. Paul: Tribute to Birdman

41. RedPat - Toronto

40. Birds and Nature in the Forest of Dean

39. Happy to Coninue - Jesh StG

38. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©: Ashburn Dragonflies

37. At The Farm...: Reflecting

36. Dina J, FLA

35. Messing About in Boats

34. GreenComotion: Can I please come along for the rid

33. MyJourney: "Mushroom Go"

32. Seasons in the Valley

31. Lynne, Irish Garden House

30. Hawk aka BrownDog

29. Our Holiday Journey: Fences Full Of Memories

28. Cloudia California

27. Sharon's Souvenirs

26. hapzydeco

25. A Whole Lot of Something

24. It's All About Purple

23. At Home on the Meadow

22. Lavender Dreams : Unusual Critters!

21. A Creative Harbor

20. Lea's Menagerie

19. Birds & Butterflies in Bucks Co.

18. Christine & Her Camera: Weekend photos

17. Tom The Backroads Traveller: One Horse Barn.

16. Ventures In Photos: Random Critters from the Week

15. Rosyfinch Ramblings

14. Preening in the sun | Birdbrain

13. Simple Living In Nancy

12. Helma's natuurfoto's: Nog wat Grutto's en Tureluur

11. Phil in GB

10. NatureFootstep PhotoArt

9. Appelsinblomst: Fjellgård i Jotunheimen

8. The Early Birder

7. The Early Birder

6. Marleen, NL

5. Ulla Laiho

4. MaryBeth in Stanwood, Wa

3. Scene Through My Eyes:

2. Gunilla / Finland

1. Gunilla / Finland

The collection has closed. Let other people know about it through twitter.

As always thanks for the visits and the nice comments. I also thank everyone who is linking up and sharing their critters.. Happy Saturday, have a great weekend!

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

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

Saturday's Critters #135

Saturday's Critters #135

Happy Saturday, it's time to share your critters and post. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who is linking in with this week's critter party.

Everything is OK but, I will be away from my computer but as soon as I can I will be visiting everyone who links up and everyone who leaves a comment.

Not sure which Damselfly?

Male Downy woodpecker. Tractor Supply started selling these suet balls, perfect size for this feeder. The birds loved the suet too.

Eastern Box Turtle on the fire road

I am pretty sure all the butterflies in this post are the Great Spangled Fritillary.

As always thanks for the visits and the nice comments. I also thank everyone who is linking up and sharing their critters.. Happy Saturday, have a great weekend!

Saturday's Critters will start every Saturday morning 8am EST. It is a party sharing your pets, birds, cows and horses, a wild animal or any kind of critter you want to share. Link up your blog post and enjoy everyone's critters.

56. PhotoLeoGrapher

55. Christa, VA

54. My Woodland Garden

53. Linja in Virginia

52. browndogcbr – Hawk aka BrownDog a Chesapeake Bay R

51. Ulrika L sweden

50. Prunella's potters: The colour Red...

49. Birds and Nature in the Forest of Dean

48. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©

47. A Quiet Corner: Listening To A Young Buck

46. A Quiet Corner: Having It All

45. Lavender

44. AMADOR COUNTY – St Germain's Blog

43. Margy BC, Canada

42. Inspired by . . . Life thru My Lens 28:5

41. Zizi Santos: Um lago e seus visitantes

40. Camera Check

39. GreenComotion: Putting Junk Mail to Good Use

38. nature tales and camera trails: A Great Spangled F

37. ~Kolory w ogrodzie~

36. RAINBOW LORIKEETS

35. The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b.

34. Acrobatics | Birdbrain

33. hapzydeco

32. Dina J, FLA

31. BIRDING DEVOTEE: A few Outings...

30. CROW

29. Garden Guest: Robin Eggs

28. Cloudia California

27. Rosyfinch Ramblings

26. It's All About Purple

25. Lavender Dreams : A Boat-Tailed Grackle

24. Gunilla

23. Scene Through My Eyes:

22. The Early Birder

21. A Creative Harbor

20. rain, birds, bugs

19. Lea's Menagerie

18. Forest Dream Weaver

17. Backroads Traveller: Critters Along the Backroads

16. Jo, South Africa

15. Rajesh

14. MyJourney: Life is good at ten degrees Celsius

13. Ulla Laiho

12. Cats of the Sunrise Resort Hotel

11. Simple Living In Nancy

10. Irma's Natuurbeleving

9. Phil - Great Britain

8. NatureFootstep PhotoArt

7. oh my {dearest}: Winter Colour {i}

6. Beatrice Euphemie: A Walk in the Woods - Saturday'

5. Small City Scenes of Stanwood

4. Coloring Outside the Lines

3. orchid(japan)

2. Sallie (Full-time Life)

1. Margaret

The collection has closed. Let other people know about it through twitter.

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

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

7th Blog Anniversary

I can hardly believe it was my 7th Blog Anniversary on July 13, 2016.  It seems like a lot of bloggers lately were also celebrating their 7th year of blogging. I have enjoyed sharing my nature photos, the birds and critters, beautiful scenery and skies. I appreciate everyone that has been following me, visiting my blog and for all the wonderful comments.

To start off my 8th year of blogging I am sharing photos from past 7 anniversaries. I hope you enjoy and thanks again for being here to share it with me.

1st Anniversary, I share this pretty moon photo.

Also from my 1st anniversary..Memories of my Goldie Girl swimming at the lake.

Year 2, we went on a cruise to Bermuda. I captured this Great Kiskadee on a fence.

Also from year 2  and Bermuda. Another shot of the Great Kiskadee.

3rd Anniversary, some backyard birds, butterflies and blooms.

Also 3rd year, my hubby's hibiscus plant was blooming well. This year it is not doing well, the critters are attacking it.

4th Anniversary, a bear cub seen during one of our Skyline Drive trips.

Also 4th year, A trip and scenes from a visit to Shenandoah National Park.

The 5th Anniversary, A Scarlet Tanager in the weeping cherry tree.

Also the 5th year, mosiac of my backyard birds. They like to sit in our weeping cherry tree.

From my 6th Anniversary. I shared the female Cardinal and some of the summer blooms in our yard.

For my 7th Anniversary, I have a pretty Fritillary butterfly on our Lantana plant.

Also sharing for the 7th anniversary the Strawberry moon.

 I hope you enjoyed my Anniversary post. Again,  I thank you for all your visits over the last 7 years. I appreciate the time you take to leave me comments.
 I wish everyone a happy day and weekend ahead.

Here is a list of linky parties for part of the week, I hope to see you there. I have a few fence and my deck railing for Tex's Party and some pretty sky shots.

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.

York PA rookery

 Hello,

This year we only visited the York PA rookery a couple of times. We did manage a visit on June 11th. The Black Crowned Night Herons and the Great Egrets had some competition with a nearby Great Horned Owl nest. We were told that this year there were not as many nest because of the nearby owl.

The Great Egrets seem to be doing well at this York, Pennsylvania rookery.

 Two Great Egrets chicks on the nest.

Two Black Crowned Night Herons at or near their nest.

A Black Crowned Night Heron playing peek-a-boo.

The Great Egrets chicks almost look like adults at this time. You can still see a little fuzz on their heads.

Two Black Crowned Night Heron Chicks, one chick only has it's head showing on the right.

A view of park and lake, the trees around this lake hold the rookery. We also saw lots of Mallard, hybrid ducks and Canada Geese.

For Tom's Barn Collective, I have another local barn/farm in our neighborhood. I hope you enjoyed our visit to the rookery.

Thank you for visiting and for the nice comments. As always, thanks to the wonderful group of hosts listed below.

Here is a list of linky parties for part of the week, Sunday thru Wednesday. I hope to see you there.

Thanks to Jesh our host for Seasons

Thanks to Monica for hosting NF Trees

Thanks to Michelle for hosting Nature Notes

Thanks to the hosting team of Our World Tuesday!

Thanks to Stewart for hosting Wild Bird Wednesday

Saturday's Critters #134

Saturday's Critters #134

Happy Saturday, it's time to share your critters and post. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who is linking in with this week's critter party.

Sharing some butterflies and birds seen during one of my walks on the near by fire road. I also saw some turtles at our lake.

This is the female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, the male is a pretty yellow color.

 I am pretty sure this is the Great Spangled Fritillary.

Turtles on a tree hanging out of the lake, another turtle close by the shore and a Louisiana Waterthrush seen during my walk to the lake.

The Ovenbirds are a common breeder bird seen and heard in the woods adjacent to our house.

The Scarlet Tanager  is a another breeder in the woods next to our property.

In the same tree as the Scarlet Tanager I watched the Cedar Waxwings and there was a Baltimore Oriole that skipped the scene when I snapped the pic. There are two Waxwings on the left of the photo and one just about to eat a berry on the right side of the photo.

As always thanks for the visits and the nice comments. I also thank everyone who is linking up and sharing their critters.. Happy Saturday, have a great weekend!

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

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