Saturday's Critters #276

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 more of my yard birds. The White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, female and male Pine Warblers.

One of a few Pine Siskins that visit my deck and feeders.

White-throated Sparrow perched in a bush, maybe hiding from the hawk.

Male Cardinal is always banging against this window.  

I wanted to share my views from my deck of the Great Blue Heron rookery in our neighborhood. The herons are in the tall pine trees in larger left photo. You can barely see a heron with it's back toward the camera, it is just under the letter "G" were I typed "GB Heron" in the photo. On the two right side photos I was able to zoom in closer to the heron and nest.  

We have had a day of heavy rain and winds, I hope the Great Blue Herons and their nest are doing OK. 

The Pine Warbler is a daily visitor now. 

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Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Happy Thankful Thursday!

Happy Thankful Thursday!

Can you believe this is the last Thursday of the month? I think as I get older the time go by faster than ever.  I am glad it is Spring and the days are getting warmer with longer days of sunshine. 

I am sharing some more Florida photos, this is Jan 11th we are getting close to the end of our January 2019 trip. We took a day trip to Lake Kissimmee located at the Joe Overstreet Landing, Kenansville Florida.

 This location is private but a lot of birders post nearby sightings of different rare birds like the Smooth-billed Ani. I thought I saw the Ani while driving the main road, it was flying towards some trees. This area has the Swamp tours if you are interested. We did not have time for the swamp tour, we had a busy day planned going to various places, next on the list was Vero Beach. 

There were a herd of cattle standing under the trees, lots of Swallows in flight and Cattle Egrets standing around. 

We saw lots of Cattle Egrets, Swallows, Grackles, Cormorants and GB herons. 

The Snail Kite has something in his mouth, maybe a snail?

Near the Lake Kissimmee were 2 Bald Eagles in a tree, I think there was a nest in this tree.

Next to the road we saw a group of Sandhill Cranes. 

After leaving the Joe Overstreet area we drove to Vero Beach. We wanted to check out the area and take a walk on the beach. We a few Black-bellied Plovers on the beach.

There was something that just drew my eyes to these three palm trees on the Vero Beach. 

The water and sky at Vero beach were beautiful, I love the various shades of blue. 

I am always thankful for blue skies and warm walks on the beach.
I am thankful for Spring and long days with sunshine. 
I am thankful for all your visits and comments. 


Thank you Michelle for hosting Thankful Thursday. 
Thank you to Yogi the host of   Skywatch Friday



Thanks so much for visiting and for your nice comments on my previous post. Have a happy day!

Dyer Park, Winding Waters & Spanish River Park

Hello and Happy Monday!

I am taking you back to our Florida trip, on Jan 10th we went looking for a park in West Palm Beach called Winding Waters Natural Area. There are always signs warning about the alligators. 

A Loggerhead Shrike was a common bird seen at Dyer Park. 

We saw a large flock of Glossy Ibis while walking the loop trail at Dyer Park. On the left side of the top photo you can see the trail we walked. 

There must have been hundreds of Swallows, flying over the nearby landfill. This photo looks better if you click on the photo for a larger viewing. 

We walked a loop trail used mostly by joggers and walkers. Each day we were in Florida we racked up some steps walking. Below are some of the birds we saw during our walk, Wood Stork, Cattle Egret, White Ibis, Anhinga, Mockingbird, Loggerhead Shrike, Glossy Ibis, White Ibis with a Wood Stork and Moorhens and the Tricolored Heron. 

The Spanish River Park had a nice little nature trail. We did not see many birds, pretty plants a Palm Warbler and some colorful berries. 

Spanish River Park beach, to get to this beach we had to walk through a tunnel under the road. 

Spanish River Park Beach, Boca Raton Florida.

Thanks for your visit today!  I hope you enjoyed my post and photos.


Thanks to Angie the host of  Mosaic Monday

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Saturday's Critters #275

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 not sure how long my winter birds will stick around, but it is a treat to see the Pine Siskins, Red-Breasted Nuthatches and Purple Finches at my feeders.  The Spring/Summer birds could be arriving any day now.  

The Pine Siskins are cute birds, they have a little stripe of yellow on their wings. 

The Red-breasted Nuthatch has always been a favorite. They are not shy, I can almost walk up to them before they fly away. 

I have seen the Pine Warbler often during the winter months at my suet feeder. The Pine Warblers also are breeders in the forest across from our home. 

Recently it seemed like a flock of various Blackbirds were hanging around our yard, I saw the Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds and Brown-headed Cowbirds. 

I have been seeing the Purple Finches off and on for a few weeks, the Goldfinch is behind the male and female Purple Finches. 

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







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Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.

Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Happy Thankful Thursday!

Hello, happy Thankful Thursday!

Happy Spring!  🎕🎕🎕🎕

So now, we are almost through the month of March. Yesterday was the first day of Spring and Easter is just about a month away. Time is flying by, spring birds should be arriving soon.  These are some images from March 15th taken in my yard and neighborhood. We watched a pretty sunset from our deck, I took a few photos of the moon, some dramatic clouds, a heron in the nearby tree and a bunny in the yard. 

Skywatching! Simple pleasures are life's treasures. 

Simple pleasures what makes you tick?

Take time to enjoy life's pleasures! 

Sunset on March 15th, a thunderstorm just went by. 

Cherish life's simple pleasures!

Sorry for the photo quality, the  bunny was near the end of our yard and my camera was telling me to turn the flash on. He/she is a cute bunny. 

I am thankful for a beautiful sunset.
I am thankful for the simple pleasures in life.
I am thankful for all your visits and comments. 


Thank you Michelle for hosting Thankful Thursday. 
Thank you to Yogi the host of   Skywatch Friday



Thanks so much for visiting and for your nice comments on my previous post. Have a happy day!

Around the Yard, March

Hello, Happy Monday!

We have had some crazy weather lately, one day it was beautiful and in the 70's. Then the temps dropped back down to the 40's and 20's at night.  I was able to snap some photos from our deck or the dining room window of the Great Blue Herons. I see them often walking on the tree branches trying to break off pieces to take back to their nest. As far as I can tell there may be 8 heron's nest, maybe more in the neighboring trees. 


I took this Great Blue Heron photo from my dining room window. 

One day we took a walk on our local fire road, The Pileated Woodpecker did a number of holes in a tree near the trail, you can make out a small bit of lake from the fire road. There are some daffodils growing the woods across from our driveway and the heron's nest can be seen from the fire road. 

This is just a 1.1 mile round trip walk from our house to this spot on the fire road. 

The Great Blue Heron seen breaking off branches for it's nest. 

Here is a Great Blue Heron flying back to the nest, if you look closely you can see a heron sitting on the nest far bottom middle part of the photo. 

I've been hearing the Pine Warbler in the forest next to our house, this male Pine Warbler visits my feeders often. The Pine Warbler is a breeder in the forest next to our home. 

Thanks for your visit today!  I hope you enjoyed my post and photos.


Thanks to Angie the host of  Mosaic Monday

Thanks to LadyFi  the host of Our World Tuesday!

Check out the links, I hope to see you there. Thanks to the hosts today. Enjoy your day and new week.


As always I thank you for stopping by and as always I appreciate your comments.

Saturday's Critters #274

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!

These are some of my yard bird visitors from Feb 24th up to March 6th. For a couple of days my yard was filled with Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds and Brown-headed Cowbirds. 

Another day I saw 8-10 Purple Finches, the females outnumbered the males. 

The pretty male Purple Finch. 

Male and female Purple Finches

I also saw a few Pine Siskins.

Below is a Pine Siskins and the American Goldfinch for comparison. The Pine Siskin has a pop of yellow in it's wing and tail feathers. 

Of course I saw my regulars, which were the Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Cardinals, Nuthatches,  Purple Finches, Mourning Doves, American Robins, Dark-eyed Junco. 

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






Here is a list of my linky parties;

Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.

Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!