Saturday, December 8, 2018

Saturday's Critters #260

Welcome to Saturday's Critters !


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!


I am sharing my yard birds from Nov 24th. The mosaic below on the top row is the Downy Woodpecker, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Red-bellied Woodpecker. Bottom row, male Cardinal and a female Purple Finch.



Mosaic below, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Chickadee, American Goldfinch, Tufted Titmouse, Dark-eyed Junco, Carolina Wren and a Northern Flicker. 


A larger image of the male Downy Woodpecker..   The female does not have the red spot on the head.


The Chickadee looked funny stretching it's neck to reach the bird seed.


My backyard woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker and the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 




I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments !








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Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

60 comments:

Small City Scenes said...

Wowee! What a variety of birds. Love them all.
great collages. How do you make them?
MB

Nancy Chan said...

Beautiful birds mosaics. It is fun to watch the birds feeding

Anu said...

Hello Eileen. Wonderful birds and photos! I like those woodpeckers so much. Does the yellow-bellied sapsucker nesting in your area or does it wintering in your area?

chica said...

Como tu,adoro essas criaturinhas lindas e tudo da natureza! Beleza! Muito lindas! beijos, ótimo fim de semana,chiuca

DIMI said...

Hello Eileen!
It’s always a joy seeing your beautiful yard birds!
Great captures and stunning pictures of the Woodpecker,the Red-breasted Nuthatch and the cute Carolina Chickadee!
Lovely mosaic and collage! Thank you for hosting! Have a happy Saturday and a great weekend!
Dimi...

Adam Jones said...

I love the Flickers and Woodpeckers Eileen. Have a great weekend.

Jo said...

Hi Eileen, I love your woodpeckers the best as always but your other birds are super too, I'm linking to you, thanks for hosting this meme. Have a great day Jo

Marit said...

Hello,

Beautiful photos of your birds! The male Cardinal is so pretty.

Happy Saturday and Happy Weekend!

Small Kucing said...

They are so cute. My side it's hard to see them .

Irma said...

Hello Eileen,
Beautiful collages are this.
I especially like the woodpecker.
You can also place my link again if you want.
Best regards, Irma

NatureFootstep said...

nice collection of birds.

I bought myself a new camera last spring. Ws supposed to be great for wildlife, but it turned out to be worthess when it comes to "fast moving objects". As long as they stay put it works ratehr well. But as soon as they move the camera looses it :( I was lucky with the deers this time.

Bill said...

Nice collection of birds and a beautiful collage.
Thanks for hosting and have a wonderful weekend.

Karen said...

I like your photo collection. So many different birds you have a chance to watch. That's cute of the chickadee!

Jeevan said...

Lovely capture and pretty organisation of your yard birds for view! Each displays a beauty that could be watched or enjoyed forever.

Happy Weekend

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari Om
today I just figured out why I love your collages so much... whilst each bird is a delight to see individually and close up, these best demonstrate what you see from your home and it is awe-inspiring! Happy weekend!!! YAM xx

Tom said...

...you feed a great collection, many of these visit my freeders too. Wishing you a wonderful week.

Rose said...

Wow, a nice line-up of birds...the Carolina wren gets my heart though. Such a powerful voice coming from that little body. always makes me smile just to hear one.

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

What a great collection of birds, Eileen! You certainly look after them with food offerings, which I am sure are appreciated in Winter!

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

PS: Thanks for hosting, have a great new week.

Brian King said...

Great variety of birds! I really like the Red-bellied Woodpecker and the nuthatches!

Debbie said...

you are seeing a wonderful variety of birds and the woodpeckers are so beautiful. i have not seen one flicker this year, they are pretty in flight with all of their yellow!! i think of all the woodpeckers, it is my favorite!!

your captures are really beautiful!! your goldfinch looks to be much "yellower" than mine are right now, and fun to be seeing the junco!!

your mosaics are a great way to be featuring all these stars!! thanks for hosting eileen, have a wonderful weekend!!

Jenn Jilks said...

Amazing photos, as always. I am SO discouraged.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

I always love seeing the pretty woodpeckers! We hear them in the woods a lot but don't always get to see them. You take wonderful photos. A great time to have feeders and bird watch from the comfort of your home! Happy Weekend!

Betty J. Crow said...

Wonderful variety of birds. I haven't seen a yellow-bellied sapsucker in years!

orchid0324 said...

Dearest Eileen; Before I comment for your wonderful critter post, Let me apologize for my linking 2 posts. Today I was out all day so used mobile phone linking. Your link starts around 2 p.m. in Japan; I was not home without pc wishing to link. I have no idea how but I pasted my old post (my first link here). Maybe my old copy in the phone(^^;) I really appreciate your 2 comments for both of them.

It sure must be wonderful to have visits from many kinds of birds (Wow; in only one day). Woodpeckers are all lovely and handsome♡♡♡ Made me surprised to see such varieties of them♪ Thanks for teaching us about the red spot. Recently I was happy to find my first kind of bird which I can't ID p-:)Thank you SO much for hosting and so sorry for my recent absence.
Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend, xoxo Miyako*

Phil Slade said...

Hi Eileen. I am so envious of the selection of species you see in your garden. They are all so colourful and camera friendly by spending time on your feeders. Your mosaics work so well too.

Thanks for the link-up today and do have a wonderful week ahead.

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

Great variety of yard birds! No hope of seeing most of those species down here in south Florida.

Sondra said...

Another beautiful Saturday's Critters! Its nice to be seeing the Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers again. The rainy weekend is upon us here!

carol l mckenna said...

As always ~ beautiful photos of our 'feathered friends' ~ love them all!

Happy Day to you,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Red said...

You have a large variety of visitors in your yard.

David M. Gascoigne, said...

Great series of images, Eileen. You have very productive feeders and a great backyard. I am away visiting my daughter right now and I suspect that my feeders at home are empty.

Cloudia said...

Glorious E! Thanks for hosting this great meme!

William Kendall said...

Lots of wonderful bird company!

Angie said...

Eileen - what a fabulous variety of birds, and I love how you chose to display them in a mosaic - very effective. I had a downy woodpecker on my suet most of yesterday morning. Nuthatches and chickadees are also plentiful. I could sit and watch their antics for hours! Thanks for hosting.

Out on the prairie said...

I often brag all week on one avian sighting, love them so much.

Jeanie said...

I'm very fond of woodpeckers, so long as they aren't pecking on my house! I see them quite often at the feeder!

italiafinlandia said...

OMG! You can really be happy with all your visitors!
They are a wonderful company.
Thanks for sharing all these lovely birds.
Have a nice Sunday!

RedPat said...

I'm always amazed at all of the birds you see in your yard, Eileen! My favorite of this bunch is the Carolina Wren - so cute!

Merlesworld said...

Your birds are so different to ours.
Merle........

Bob Bushell said...

Beautiful collage, and the Downy Woodpecker is my favourite.

Our photos said...

Very nice ! I love the Woodpeckers !

Susan Kane said...

Good eye! Catching those birds so well is amazing.

Just over from Bill Burke.

HappyK said...

Great pictures of such a variety of birds.

Lowcarb team member said...

Oh wow! What a wonderful variety of birds.
So nice to see them all, and I love your collages.

All the best Jan

Linda W. said...

Nice photos of the woodpeckers!

Lea said...

What a wonderful variety of birds are attracted to your feeders!
Thanks for hosting
Hope you are having a great weekend!

~Kim at Golden Pines~ said...

Hi Eileen! I love the photos in this series! I so miss having birds around, and your post is why. But I did put up a suet cake and see a few woodpeckers stopping by. That may have to do, I worry about our outdoor cat hurting them.

Linda said...

Lovely bird pictures! I saw a woodpecker today but he didn't stay around long enough for me to take a picture.

Marie Smith said...

I always enjoy your bird photos. Great shots as always!

Sue (this n that) said...

Gosh you've got a wonderful variety of birds that visit your garden Eileen! They're lively, especially the Downey Woodpecker. He's really enjoying the treats you leave in your feeders. Have a great week ahead :D)

Anni said...

You always give us so much pleasure and such a great variety of birds no matter where you roam...for that I send along my thanks and appreciation for linking in with us at I'd Rather B Birdin. Have a beautiful week ahead & Happy Birding!

Crafty Green Poet said...

lovely photos of a great selection of birds

21 Wits said...

Good morning Eileen, such delightful captures, all enjoying their delicious snacks, and hard at it too. The sweet Woody is of course my favorite to see, we have some of this one's cousins around here I just know it! Enjoy your weekend, stay warm and have fun on more adventures.

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

yeah for critter Saturday

Tanza Erlambang - Every Day Issues said...

White-breasted Nuthatch looks so pretty.
have a great weekend

This N That said...

Love your mosaics... Wonderful variety of birds. Super pictures. Your feeders are really busy. Have a wonderful week ahead and happy Sunday

Amy said...

Gosh I wish I could get that many photos of birds here. Yours are so colourful and different.

A Colorful World said...

Totally forgot to link up!!!! :-(

ellen b. said...

Beautiful birds especially that woodpecker. Such great details. I hope this new week is Merry and Bright for you!

Red Rose Alley said...

Oh my, the red cardinal makes my heart sing. These are great pictures, Eileen.

~Sheri

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