Saturday's Critters #152
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.
On this day we went for a drive to the Lake Apopka wildlife drive. This is our second visit here and we were not disappointed with all the birds and wildlife sightings.
A Great Blue Heron with it's fish dinner.
One of the many pretty Little Blue Herons.
I am not sure of this Hawk id? Red Shouldered Hawk? Update: Per Ken the hawk is the Red Shouldered hawk, possibly a juvie. Thanks Ken!
Belted Kingfisher on the wire.
Just the eye of the gator.
An Anhinga airing out it's wings.
My Bald Eagle shot, we were surprised to see the eagle land on the pole and even more surprised when the mate arrived for some afternoon delight. I missed that shot.
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.
On this day we went for a drive to the Lake Apopka wildlife drive. This is our second visit here and we were not disappointed with all the birds and wildlife sightings.
A Great Blue Heron with it's fish dinner.
One of the many pretty Little Blue Herons.
I am not sure of this Hawk id? Red Shouldered Hawk? Update: Per Ken the hawk is the Red Shouldered hawk, possibly a juvie. Thanks Ken!
Belted Kingfisher on the wire.
Just the eye of the gator.
An Anhinga airing out it's wings.
My Bald Eagle shot, we were surprised to see the eagle land on the pole and even more surprised when the mate arrived for some afternoon delight. I missed that shot.
I hope you enjoyed my birds and photos from the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. 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.
90 comments:
Really amazing and lovely series, Eileen! The eye of the gator...wow!
Looks like you had a fruitful visit to Lake Apopka. Your critters' photos are beautiful as always. Have a beautiful weekend, Eileen!
All fantasic photographs Eileen and you will see that I managed to get linked in myself so have a wonderful weekend.
Uma linda coleção e a primeira mostra um momento maravilhoso! beijos, ótimo fim de semana! chica
beautiful wildlife. Glad such places still exist. :)
Thanks for hosting and wishing you a happy weekend. :)
Du hast deine Vögel besser vor die Kamera bekommen als ich.
Tolle Aufnahmen
Liebe Grüße
und ein gemütliches wochenede wünsche ich dir
All very lovely, and then came the 'gator!!! Guess even he has some beauty lurking there.
Fabulous shots of your critters. I love the first shot but the eagles is great too. All good.
These are wonderful photos, Eileen! I hope you have a great weekend!
Great capture -the first one getting his food! And the eagle is so regal! Have a great weekend.
Hello Eileen, I love the Great Blue Heron with its dinner; I love the Little Blue Heron; I love the Belted Kingfisher. Oh I love them All. Thanks for hosting this meme. Have a great Saturday. Jo
Hari OM
My word, that is quite the varied selection today! Have a great weekend! YAM xx
Hi Eileen,
Wonderful array of different birds and the alligator.
I love all the pictures.
Have a nice weekend
Best regards, Irma
That looks like a neat place to visit. Very nice photos! The fish appears to be an exotic plecostomos (sp?), descendant from a released aquarium dweller. They get very big and often are released when they outgrow the tank. We have them in our local lake and I am amazed at how the herons can swallow them with their sharp spines and all. Yes, the hawk is a Red-shouldered-- maybe quite young one.
Hello Eileen! Thanks so much for sharing your incredible photos! The bald eagle is a magnificent creature!
Wonderful shot too of the heron eating the fish!
Thanks for hosting!
Hello Eileen,
This is fantastic. Wonderful shots of these great birds.
That shot of the hawk is amazing with the clear blue background. Well done!!
Kind regards,
Marco
Gorgeous photos Eileen!
Congratulation for 'your' catch of the GB heron with his fish!!
What a fabulous place to observe all sorts of animals up close!!
Enjyou you WE :)
These are magnificent photos Eileen! I love the Kingfisher.
Great photos, especially the Bald Eagle, the alligator and first photo of the Heron. I wonder which fish he has caught it looks like a kind of cat fish.
Looks like a great day out. That's a nice looking kingfisher. I would love to go birding in Florida one of these days (...years, ...decades)
Hi Eileen. You do have some fantastic shots today. I cant help you with that hawk I'm afraid but I'm sure someone will be along soon with the ID. I really like the Little Blue Heron picture and of course that Bald Eagle - magnificent.
Nice photos, Eileen. I especially like the one with the heron and it's dinner.
You have quite a variety of birds down there. You can keep the gator though--ha!
Wonderful selection Eileen....lovely shots! The fish in the first image looks spiky and interesting. Thanks again for hosting and sharing....
Happy weekend!
Ruby
All are ready for action.
Wow! A wonderful series of photos!
Great photo of the Heron with fish dinner!
Have a beautiful week-end!
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Fotos incríveis. Gostei mais da primeira foto e do jacaré.
Fauna diversificada, imagino que no Lake Apopka também tenha muitas flores diferentes e bonitas.
Bom fim de semana com tudo de bom!
Beijinhos.
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I love them, especially the heron!
loved the heron shots, the kingfisher with wide-open bill. very cool!
Gators and birds, oh my!! Lovely!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
your florida birds are so friendly!! i loved them all, especially the kingfisher but the eagle was my favorite!!
i can't help on the hawk, i hope you got an i.d. have an awesome weekend eileen!!!
I wonder whether these birds know about Saturday's Critters.
Otherwise they will make up for this weekly event.
I love love that first shot of the heron. You have some great shots here.
Hi Eileen,
marvelous photos of the different birds and the gator.
Enjoy your weekend ahead.
Best, Synnöve
Boa tarde, belas fotos que mostram a beleza animal, as mesmas são perfeitas, gosto muito da Graça Real, é uma ave espectacular.
Bom fim de semana,
AG
All great shots. Love the Kingfisher and the Heron with lunch.
Have a great weekend
MB
he sure looks happy with that fish in his beak.. love all the pics, especially that big EYE gator
Hi Eileen, Wow, you have some great close-up shots here. Very nice work! I especially love the Great Blue Heron with fish dinner and the Belted Kingfisher. Another great Saturday's Critters and I'm going to link up with my Cracker Jack Bears. :-) Thanks for hosting, Eileen, and have a happy weekend!
Fantastic photo of the heron with a fish in its mouth!
I love joining you every week. Thanks for letting us horse people join the party!
Have a great party!
Great action shots of your birds, Eileen.
Of course the successful fisher wins the show!
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Very beautiful critters and photos.
Thanks for hosting.
Have a Happy Weekend!
Peace :)
Good morning Eileen, I think that Gator is saying, I've got my eye on you! Great day out for you too! Have a wonderful weekend.
Eileen, Happy Veterans' Day weekend. Great photo of the Blue Heron feasting. Thanks for sharing.
I do love the critters. Thank you for the fun post!
You caught a great menagerie. Love that eagle shot.
That gator eye!..so captivating..
Helloo, Beautiful photos.
Have a nice weekend. Greetings.
Well, although you "had me" at the Heron, my eyes grew a tad larger with the Hawk (red-shoulder, I think) and then I saw and read about your Eagle shot. It is mating season you know, so nothing wrong with an afternoon delight!!...:)JP
Amazing shots. Love the blue heron with his dinner.
You must be in the South to be seeing all that green and lovely birds, to say nothin of the alligator!
Hello,
Beautiful photos! The Bald Eagle and the Gator is great shots.
Happy Weekend!
Fabulous, Eileen! This is going to be a winter of great pics from you!
Amazing shots as always! I had to chuckle at the first one because this morning when I went for my walk and was in the alley behind my son's house one of his cats crossed my path with something dangling from HER mouth that she'd found in the neighbor's garden. Shudder. That eagle...so regal and beautiful.
Someone had a lucky day an we all reap the benefits
Luckily I know you have a great big zoom as that eye of the gator is way too close for my liking!
Have a great Sunday
Wren x
Stunning shots - love the heron and the big fish. Everything is wonderful - well the alligator is a little scary, but great shot.
Excellent bird photos as usual, Eileen!
Great set of pictures. The fish that the heron has caught is an odd looking beast!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
When we lived in Colorado, bald eagles were seen often...but here in Texas, I've not seen ANY! Would I ever love to see one in the wild. What a great series today, Eileen.
Thanks so much for adding your link this weekend at I'd Rather B Birdin'. It's always a pleasure to stop by and visit with you.
great photos!
Wow !! These are beautiful critters and photos !!
Happy weekend !
you have wonderful way of capturing .birds and gator are eye holder
Wonderful shots of some fantastic birds, Eileen.
Thanks for hosting.
Beautiful array of the birds Eileen, and of course, the gator.
Fantastic shots, Eileen. Love the hungry Heron and the gator..great variety..
Great.
Adore the shot of the GB having dinner -- and all of your photos are so wonderful -- I am so delighted that you are where you are!! For your pictures, for the hints of places we need to visit this season (starting next month as soon as we get there and get organized!) .... and just because I'm so happy for you that you're there. (Happy happy, but must confess to huge envy of the Kingfisher picture... those guys just will NOT let me take their picture!!) . Also it was nice of you to give the eagles their privacy ;>)))
You sure do get some great bird shots...I would be so happy if I had taken these.
Oh Eileen, another super collection you've shown us here, thank you.
I love the Great Blue Heron with it's fish dinner...
And the eye of the gator - just brilliant.
Sending good wishes for the coming new week
All the best Jan
What a great shot of the Great Blue Heron with it's fish dinner! Snapped at just the right moment.
A fun series of photos Eileen! The gator surprised me for some reason! But the Kingfisher, is my favorite, they intrigue me for some reason.
Lindas estas fotografias.
Um abraço e boa semana.
Andarilhar
Wow! Such awesome nature photography! thanks!
Wishing you a peaceful week ~ ^_^
Beautiful pictures of birds, reptile and the eye is quite nice and not dangerous. Regards.
The birds are so beautifully captured! I love bird-watching through your blogs!
Your shots are amazing. I love that first one!
these images are all WONDERFUL, Eileen! have a beautiful day!
it is fun to see how you capture them at their best moments. love the fish in the heron's mouth. way way cool. ( ;
Loved the wildlife photos! The alligator was awesome, and loved the anhinga spreading its wings and of course the bald eagle! Hope things are going well with you. Two weeks till we pull out of our driveway! Still have SOOO much to do! :-)
great captures!
That gator eye is quite menacing!
I like to see animals like this, Eileen, free and in their natural environment. Good fish has the herons. Beautiful pictures-
Buen martes.
Besos.
These are absolutely gorgeous pictures. Did you use a telephoto lens? Where is this place? I am guessing Florida or Louisiana by seeing the gator.
Très belle série ;-)
Céline & Philippe
Fantastic series of great photos! Really good...
Piękna seria zdjęć aż chcę się podziwiać. Pozdrawiam serdecznie.
Those are fabulous looking photos!
Twoje zdjęcia zawsze piękne,te ptaki na fotkach wspaniałe ,pozdrawiam.
Amazing sequence, Eileen!
I love all the photos! Specially that one with the eye of the gator!
Enjoy your day!
Ana
I was last time too late to link the pair of kingfishers. Also, tomorrow morning I'm already at 6 hours away and only at 17:00 back home, then it is almost over by the time of day to link the kingfishers. Maybe next week then?
The pictures you see army leaves are truly visionary sich. Great beautiful pictures of birds wonderfull !!!
These are very nice critter images!
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