Saturday, January 12, 2019

Saturday's Critters #265

Welcome to Saturday's Critters !

I  will catch up with my visits and comments ASAP.  I may be away from the computer, so please bear with me. I will visit everyone who links up and all who comment. 


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!

Some of my yard birds, they are a simple pleasure to watch. Like the Blue Jay below. 



The Northern Cardinal is a lovely bird. 



Flying away is the Red-breasted Nuthatch and the other are the Pine Siskins. 


Arriving a Pine Siskin. 


Some days I saw 5-6 or maybe more Pine Siskins coming and going to my feeders. 


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



Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

58 comments:

Sussi said...

wonderful photos and birds!

Nancy Chan said...

One way to relax or de-stress is bird watching. Happy weekend and have a great day!

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

The Blue Jay is a Beautiful bird Eileen and it is great that you can watch it feeding. Thanks for hosting. Have a lovely weekend.

italiafinlandia said...

Quite a lot of traffic at your feeders! :)
Have a nice weekend, Eileen, with your feathered friends.

diane b said...

I love the Blue Jay and Cardinal. They are so colourful.

chica said...

Sempre um encanto aqui passar,Eillen! Lindo fim de semana! beijos praianos, chica

Irma said...

Hello Eileen,
What beautiful pictures are these.
Photo 1 and 2 are my favorite.
Do you want to place my link again, I still can not.
Best regards, Irma

DIMI said...

Hello Eileen!
It’s always a joy seeing your beautiful yard birds!
Gorgeous pictures! Great captures of the Blue Jay,the Pine Siskins and the adorable Cardinal bird!
Thank you for hosting! Have a happy Saturday and a great weekend!
Dimi...

rupam sarma said...

Lovely birds.
Greetings.

Marit said...

Hello Eileen,

Beautiful photos! The Blue Jay is my favorite. I love the blue color.

Happy Weekend!

Kinga K. said...

good :)

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

Wonderful feeder birds. Still waiting for a hummingbird to visit my only one!

David M. Gascoigne, said...

Please send a few Pine Siskins to southern Ontario and give them my address!

Karen said...

I like the little pine siskin coming in for a landing

Tom said...

...I love Mr. Blue Jay!

Anu said...

Hello Eileen. I love the photo of Blue Jay. It is so beautiful looking bird. Have a great weekend!

Stone Cottage Adventures said...

Happy New Year! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

Lovely photos, Eileen. I hope you are enjoying your break.

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
Okay, I DO have a resolution for the year ... not to be envious of Eileen's yardbirds!!! My gulls are racing each other on the seawind today and I am enjoying that sight. No colour, but fun. YAM xx

Marie Smith said...

Such lovely entertainment this winter!

Jenny Woolf said...

I hope you are enjoying your break. I have just filled up my bird feeder - the seeds are going down mighty fast this time of year even though it's not that cold. Happy 2019 to you!

Brian King said...

Nice shots! Beautiful red on the cardinal!

Jenn Jilks said...

I love the upside down nuthatch in flight! Good work!
I cannot get very close to out cardinal to get a good photo. Good on ya!
Have a lovely weekend! We're having a leaky toilet repaired. I hope!
Thanks for hosting! I love the critters!

Francisco Manuel Carrajola Oliveira said...

Belas fotografias, goste e aproveito para desejar um bom fim-de-semana.

Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
Livros-Autografados

Debbie said...

we are so lucky to have such wonderful backyard birds to watch and photograph!! i don't think i have pineskins but i must look closer, i "may" and i am confusing them with goldfinches. your landing capture is brilliant!! have a wonderful weekend eileen, and many thanks for hosting!!

Betty J. Crow said...

I love the take-off and landing shots! The bluejay is a handsome critter. They don't come to my feeder and like to hide from me in the trees when I see one. Happy Saturday!

MadSnapper said...

I love the two inflight birds.. so cute... we heard a cardinale last night and that is the first bird we have heard in a couple of months.

Lea said...

I enjoy seeing the birds at your feeders!
Have a wonderful weekend!

Cloudia said...

Thanks Honey

Red said...

Pine siskins are sometimes in large flocks and can completely overrun your feeder. Watch for them.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

The Pine Siskens are so cute and petite! Hope you're have a wonderful weekend! Can't wait to hear all about it soon! Warm Hugs, Diane

Sandi said...

So beautiful!

Are you getting hit with the snowstorm this weekend?

William Kendall said...

Lots of avian company!

Jo said...

Hi Eileen, I'm back on blogger again and hope to be here more regularly than the last few months. Thanks for hosting this meme. Have a great Saturday. Jo

GreenComotion said...

Superb photos of f the birds just before they perch on the feeder.
Happy WE!

Phil Slade said...

Great pictures today Eileen. Love that Blue Jay - it's a crackerjack.

Out on the prairie said...

We share a lot similar species.I have some nice closeups coming in future posts

Powell River Books said...

I wish we had a winter bird as colourful as a Cardinal in our area. Thanks for hosting us again this week. - Margy

krishna said...

I love the cardinal. This is so beautiful.

RedPat said...

I love that Blue Jay pic, Eileen. The detail of the feathers is fabulous!

Small City Scenes said...

Those little Pine Siskins are so much fun. They seem so happy
MB

Bob Bushell said...

Beautiful images Eileen, thanks.

Jeanie said...

Those Pine Siskins look like sparrows to me. (I don't know-- you do.) But now I'm wondering if I have Pine Siskins or if I just have the sparrows I thought I did!

Sondra said...

Great friends in your yard! We don't get the siskins till a deep freeze sends them down...love to watch them wrestle for the best feeding spots. Enjoy your weekend.

DeniseinVA said...

Another super series of our feathered friends. Thanks Eileen. I hope all goes well in your part of the world and that you are enjoying your days.

Tanza Erlambang - Every Day Issues said...

I love the red one.
have a wonderful weekend

Linda said...

I enjoyed seeing these. Thank you for hosting!

Lynne said...

The Jay, Cardinal, Doves, Juncoes, Pine Siskin, Chicadee, Finch
have been eating here in droves . ...
Still no snow, very cold . . . and whenever the temperature fluctuates either way
it brings our “friends” in to fight for a spot at the feeders.
We love to keep them in food and enjoy watching!
It has been a happy beginning to the New Year . . .

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

always enjoy your God's creatures.

:)

HappyK said...

The blue jay and cardinal have such beautiful colors.

Lowcarb team member said...

Another fabulous selection of photographs Eileen.

All the best jan

Angie said...

Eileen - we have many pine siskins here as well - but I miss my Cardinals! Have a wonderful week!

Hootin Anni said...

You've been in my thoughts Eileen. Hope all is well. You're missed.

ann said...

You always have such great visitors to your feeders, especially the cardinal. Lucky you.

Lady Fi said...

Gorgeous shots.

21 Wits said...

Hello Eileen, I had a post started, I'll post it next Saturday, we had a loss in the family and I wasn't able to join in. Take care enjoy your week ahead.

This N That said...

Beautiful series of birds.. I still don't know the difference between a French of a pine siskin. I think I am looking at pine siskins and thinking they are finches.. Thanks for commenting on my blog today. I am having a problem getting my comments to go to my email all of a sudden...don't know what I did..I have to figure out what happened..Enjoy your day...

Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana said...

I love viewing your photos, Eileen.I'm a little worried by the birds not seen at my feeders so far this winter. Missing are pine siskins, juncos,finches, any of the grosbeaks. I wonder if all the squirrels are scaring them away. Sigh

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