Saturday, January 19, 2019

Saturday's Critters #266

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 some photos of one of my favorite winter birds the Snow Bunting. I was lucky to see these birds at the local North Point State Park in Baltimore County Maryland. We watched them for a bit foraging on the ground, they looked cute once in awhile running quickly across the grass. They eat seeds and insects found on the ground. 





These birds breed in the Arctic, northernmost parts of Canada and Greenland. 


We saw five Snow Buntings on this day, they have been in this area for a few weeks. Some times as many as 10 or more being seen together.  





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Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

71 comments:

Nancy Chan said...

Hello Eileen! The birds' beak is not sharp and legs are short. Looks cute.

Shiju Sugunan said...

Snow Bunting is a beautiful bird! Lots of birds from around the world are currently wintering here in Bangalore. I am having great fun watching them.

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

WOW! I never new you could get Snow Bunting there. Good shots. Thanks for hosting and have a wonderful weekend.

Small City Scenes said...

Sweet little birds. I have never seen them before.
MB

italiafinlandia said...

They look so pretty! I will search in my books to see if they live in north Finland too…
Thanks for sharing these rare beauties. Happy weekend!

Marit said...

Hello,
The Snow Bunting was very cute, and beautiful photos!
Happy Weekend!

DIMI said...

Hello Eileen!
Great captures and wonderful pictures! The first photo is my favorite!
The Snow Buntings are so beautiful birds! I’m sure you enjoyed seeing them !
Thank you for sharing! Have a lovely day and a happy weekend!
Dimi...

chica said...

Muito lindos! Obrigadão pelo carinho comigo e Kiko pelas nossas Bodas de Ouro! beijos praianos,chica

NatureFootstep said...

this wonderful little bird. It came to my area one winter and I was lucky too see them twice. So beautiful. Wish they would come back :)

Phil Slade said...

Good Morning Eileen. I'm so pleased to see your Snow Buntings. Great shots. There are a couple in our area at the moment but I haven't seen them yet.

Thanks for the linky today. Stay safe and warm.

Irma said...

Hello Eileen,
Beautiful pictures of these Snow Buntings.
I hope you can place my link, I still can not.
Best regards, Irma

Lynne said...

Handsome little Snowbirds . ..
Did they bring some snow?

rupam sarma said...

Lovely Birds.
Beautiful pics.
Happy Weekend.

David M. Gascoigne, said...

Sniw Buntings are very attractive little birds and always a joy to see. They seem to be pretty sparse here so far this winter and I have not seen any. I did see a flock of about fifty Common Redpolls recently, however.

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

Wonderful shots of the Snow Buntings! Now that we have moved back to Florida full time I doubt I will ever see one again.

orchid0324 said...

Dearest Eileen; Snow Buntings are really lovely♡♡♡ The birds I can find mainly perching on the tree branch having nuts. I wish to see them forage or seed insects sometime ;-)
Thank you very much for your comments and hosting.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend, xoxo Miyako*

Tom said...

...they look well insulated!

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

Delightful little fellows, Eileen.
Thanks for hosting!

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

PS: Have a great new week.

Aritha V. said...

Happy Saterday Ellen. I love the Snow Buntings on you pics. Never see. Also not in a photo. So thank you!

My Desktop Daily said...

All wrapped up in their winter coats!

Francisco Manuel Carrajola Oliveira said...

Lindos e bem apanhados, aproveito para desejar um bom fim-de-semana.

Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
Livros-Autografados

Jenn Jilks said...

They are a lovely bird! I haven't seen any in a couple of years. They fly around here in huge flocks, but they are really flighty!!!!

Jo said...

Hi Eileen, I loved seeing this very different bird ! Thanks for sharing and thanks for hosting this meme. Have a great day ! Jo

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
What delightful little critters!!! YAM xx

Hootin Anni said...

Incredible Eileen! I have seen them only in books.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

They are so pretty! I've never seen them either! Enjoy your weekend!

Brian King said...

Love the Snow Buntings! I've never seen any in person.

Lea said...

Wonderful!
I have never seen these birds. Their range extends south to Tennessee so I will have to drive north to look for them. Lots of rain here in Mississippi this morning.
Hope you have a great weekend!

Lois said...

Adorable birds! I have never seen them before.

Barbara Rogers said...

Loved the one looking at the camera! These are the first ones I've seen, and they must be fun to watch. Have a great weekend!

Normala Saad said...

Lovely birds and happy weekend for you Eileen.

MadSnapper said...

they sure are cute birds and I like the water and rocks they are sitting in and around. I thought of you a few minutes ago, on my walk I heard a racket up in the palm tree, and stopped to watch. it was a daddy red belly woodpecker teaching his little guy to fly... he was wilding yelling at the baby and the baby was louder than the dad

Red said...

Snow buntings are a big winter bird feature here. They are in flocks of hundreds and out in the fields in all kinds of weather. I don't think they come to feeders here.

RedPat said...

I've never seen these guys. They have a nice fluffy look about them, Eileen!

Debbie said...

oh they are so pretty and your captures are just beautiful!! it is always fun to watch a bird for a little while and see their habits!! they have gorgeous markings!!

lucky you to see them so close to home!!

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

Lovely critters.

With the cooler weather, I've been doing more of my hiking with my pups...which scare off the critters before I can point the Nikon...sigh

Out on the prairie said...

What a gorgeous bird, we never get them here at all. A real treat to see

ellen b. said...

Love these magnificent birds, Eileen. So cute!

Marie Smith said...

They are adorable!

Bill said...

Cute wee birds, you captured their beauty well, Eileen.
Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for hosting.

krishna said...

The birds are cute!

Екатерина Балагурова said...

Beautiful birds! They seem so tender.

Mikael Bergman said...

so beautiful ones are

Betty J. Crow said...

This is a new bird for me. They are beautiful!

Sue (this n that) said...

Hello Eileen, they are gorgeous little birds and, against those rocks and the grassy spots are well camouflaged. I bet they're quick little things... you took some great shots. Beautiful scenery too. Cheers and enjoy the week ahead :D)

Our photos said...

Very cute bird !

Bob Bushell said...

It's the Snow Buntings, fabulous taking. We get them all times the winter, but, I never seen one, wish I could get one.

Anonymous said...

I never heard or saw them before...they are ADORABLE!!!!...:)JP

Tanza Erlambang - Every Day Issues said...

birds look so cute.
have a great weekend

HappyK said...

Another great series of pictures. Cute birds.

Sondra said...

I hoped you'd have these guys again this year! A pair was spotted at the beach here in SC but I decided not to spend the $50 it would take me to see ONE species I need...I'm holding out! SO It's good to see them here on your blog.

Rose said...

They sre look like sweet little birds!

Linda said...

Oh, I want to see snow buntings! Great shots.

Crissi said...

Happy Sunday
Hug Crissi 😘

Hootin Anni said...

As I said earlier, I loved coming here to see this species!!

Here's hoping for you a beautiful week ahead, and good birding ...thanking you for letting us experience your blog post linked at I'd Rather B Birdin'.

Florence said...

Snow Buntings!! I’ve never seen them. They look so cute.

carol l mckenna said...

Eileen these are delightful photos of our 'feathered friends' ~


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

21 Wits said...

Good morning and Happy Sunday. I had munchkins this weekend until now so I'm free to post! Your photos you've shared of all the warm and lovely unlik-eMinnesota-winter moments are truly wonderful. I've actually been enjoying not having such a hard winter as we usually do.

Linda W. said...

Cute birds!

This N That said...

I have never seen a Snow Bunting..pretty..unusual markings..Thanks For hosting

Nancy's Notes said...

Absolutely beautiful birds! Great shots, wow!

Have a sweet Sunday Eileen!

Nancy

Ailime said...

Hello Eileen,
I have liked very much your birds photos!Are lovely.
Hugs and a good sunday.
Ailime

William Kendall said...

Very pretty birds!

Lowcarb team member said...

Lovely to see your photographs of the snow buntings, what sweet little birds they look.

My good wishes for the coming new week.

All the best Jan

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

Those sweet lil creatures.

~Kim at Golden Pines~ said...

Hi Eileen!! What cuties those Snow Buntings are! I've never seen them before! I started feeding our birds again, and am not even seeing very many chickadees which are a favorite winter bird for me.

Take care, and I hope you're staying warm! burrrrrr!! :-)

Red said...

Here they are in flocks of hundreds in the snowy weedy fields.

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

The snow bunting is beautiful! I think that’s the first one I’ve seen on a blog! Thanks for sharing and, as always, for hosting.

Jeanie said...

I've never seen a snow bunting either. Look, sweet as they can be!

Meditations in Motion said...

I have never seen snow buntings before. I will have to keep an eye out. We live north of where the pictures were taken.

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