Saturday, May 11, 2019

Saturday's Critters #282

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Happy Mother's Day! My wish includes all the mom's of the 4 legged critters too.


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 birds seen in my yard and neighborhood (fire road) on 4/29 through 4/30. 

The Pine Warbler can be seen at my feeder and deck daily.



4/29 & 4/30 the Red-breasted is still making an appearance at my feeders. 




The Gray Catbird on the deck railing.  



The nearby Great Blue Herons on their nest. 



A Northern Parula on a tree top at the end of our driveway. I have been hearing these birds singing all around our yard and off the fire roads. They are breeders here at the Prettyboy Watershed. 




The Ovenbirds are singing loudly in the woods and fire road. This is another breeder in our local forest. 



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!

56 comments:

Marit said...

Hello Eileen,

Happy Mothers day! Here in Norway we celebrate it the second Sunday in February. The grey Catbird was very pretty.
Happy Weekend!

italiafinlandia said...

Hello,
...also the Catbird is lovely.
Happy Mother's Day, dear Eileen!
Enjoy your weekend!

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

Happy Mother's Day to you Eileen. Lovely photos as usual!

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

PS: Thank you for hosting!

Uppal said...

The bird images look so fresh and attractive. You surely know how to click these moody critters!

Nancy Chan said...

It is always a joy to be able to watch the cute little birds coming to feed in your yard. Since hubby has removed our bougainvillea plant, there are now less birds visiting our garden.

Irma said...

Hello Eileen
Beautiful series of photos of all birds.
Perfectly photographed, my compliments.
Do you want to place my link, I cannot do it.
Best regards, Irma

NatureFootstep said...

I would love to see an Ovenbird. Looks a little like Kinglet to me :)
I have seen a few birds this week :)

Tom said...

...Eileen, i hope that you will hve a great Mother's Day.

Bill said...

The birds are beautiful, Eileen. The Pine Warbler is posing perfectly for you. Have a great day and weekend and thanks for hosting.

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

I love the little crest on the Ovenbird. I imagine you do not see it too often to photograph that. Thanks for hosting and have a wonderful weekend.

chica said...

Como sempre, lindas fotos que tanto gosto de ver! beijos, tudo de bom,ótimo fim de semana,chica

Sandi said...

I wonder if they know how fantastic they look to us.

Brian King said...

Nice one of the warbler! Love the catbirds, but we don't see them.

Jeanie said...

Joining in with my baby goslings! Your warblers are so colorful and I've never seen a catbird! Happy Weekend and Mother's Day!

Anne (cornucopia) said...

Great bird photos.

Marie Smith said...

You have such wonderful variety of feathered friends in this post.

Gayle said...

Haven't heard of the Ovenbird. Happy Day.

Jenn Jilks said...

Your variety is so impressive! Thank you for hosting.
Have a wonderful weekend!

Mary Howell Cromer said...

That little Ovenbird is a new one for me and how adorable it is. Very nice post as always my friend. Have a lovely weekend~

Hootin Anni said...

All such great feathered friends at your feeders today Eileen!

Happy Mother's Day to you.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

The Northern Parula is beautiful. We saw one this week too. Love the colors of the Pine Warbler! He's purty!!! Enjoy your day!

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari om
Ooooh, that pine warbler...! I have been striggling to get birds in my lens on this down under trip. YAM xx

Debbie said...

beautiful eileen, what a gorgeous variety of birds. i have to give it to the pine warbler today, such a cute, brightly colored bird!! a treat for me to see the northern parole, it's a beauty!! we are lucky girls, aren't we??!!

happy mothers day, have a great weekend and many thanks for hosting!!!

RedPat said...

I love that wee Pine warbler, Eileen!
Have a Happy Mother's Day!

Barbara Rogers said...

Such sweet photos of birds! And i have admiration of your ability to photograph them so well. Most of mine are just blurs, or behind a leaf or branch. I didn't know a wading bird would nest so high in pines...I can learn something every day! Happy Mother's Day, Eileen!

MadSnapper said...

my favorite of these today is the great blue Herons, love the warble with Attitude!

Al said...

Lots of cute birds in your post. Happy Mother's Day, and have a great weekend!

21 Wits said...

Good morning Eileen and Happy Mother's Day weekend (we totally deserve an entire weekend) I just adore your eye for nature captures especially when you have them looking right into your camera like the first photo. Enjoy your weekend of celebrations and nature too!

David M. Gascoigne, said...

I have never had a warbler visit my feeders so your Pine Warbler would be a very welcome guest here.

Jeevan said...

I just loved your photos on the little birds of your neighbourhood! The Pine Warbler and the Gray Catbird is adorable
Happy Mother’s day and Happy weekend

William Kendall said...

Beautiful birds! Happy Mother's Day!

Lea said...

I saw a Gray Catbird here a few days ago - I am hoping it has a mate and will stay to nest here. Your photo is great!
Happy Mother's Day!

John's Island said...

Hi Eileen, I enjoyed all the birds! Especially the herons. It is so neat that you have that nest nearby. The Ovenbird is so cute. Thanks for sharing and hosting today. Happy Mother's Day to you! John

HappyK said...

NICE shots of all the birds.

Sondra said...

Great mothers day birds! Have a great weekend!

Our photos said...

Very nice ! i love the Grey Catbird !

Louca por porcelana said...

Beautiful post!Happy Mother's Day!

ellen b. said...

Such sweet photos of those birds, Eileen. A very happy Mother's day is wished for you!

Jutta.K. said...

Dear Eileen,
I always admire your beautiful and professional animal photos.
Therefore, today I want to express my great respect for your fotokunst.
It's always great shots of wonderful animals.
Thanks a lot for this.
I would like to insert a post, unfortunately we are not accepted by Mister Linky.
Maybe you can do that for me.
I would be very happy and send warm greetings
Jutta from Germany
https://kreativ-im-rentnerdasein.blogspot.com/2019/05/was-ist-denn-das.html

Linda said...

Lovely birds! Thanks for hosting.

Adam Jones said...

The Pine Warbler is a very striking bird. I'd love to hear it sing. The Gray Catbird is very similar to our Blackcap here in the UK. Thanks for hosting as always and Happy Mother's Day to you.

Ana Mínguez Corella said...

Hi Eileen.. Lovely birds and collages.. have a nice day and week ahead.. Cheers

Betty J. Crow said...

Love all these birds. The breeders are new to me, but sure do like the beautiful pine warbler. Happy Mother's Day!

Anni said...

Thanks for sharing your link this weekend, at IRBB. Have a gkorious Mother's Day.

carol l mckenna said...

Magnificent selection of birds and fantastic photos! Happy Mother's Day to you ^_^


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

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

Love your critters.

I know there must be catbirds down this way, but I can't recall every seeing one. Sigh.

Ailime said...

Hello Eilen,
So beautiful all the birds. The photos are spectacular.
Hugs and happy Mother's Day.
Ailime

Gunilla Teckenberg said...

Visst är våren en fantastisk tid för den som vill lyssna till naturens alla lockläten, som du gör. Härliga bilder av dina vänner!

Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana said...

Very interesting. We have gray oven birds and the cat birds here too.

Lowcarb team member said...

Beautiful photographs and mosaics Eileen.

Happy Mother's Day to all who celebrate it today 12th May … in the UK we celebrated ours on 31 March.

All the best Jan

Rose said...

Beautiful birds! I am going to keep my eyes open for the ovenbird!

Mia said...

Happy Mother's Day, Eilleen!!!!!!

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

Happy Mothers Day, a day late as am traveling and working with my iPhone. Nice birds (and bears today)!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Beautiful selection of birds ..the Northern Parula is a new one for me!

Екатерина Балагурова said...

You live right in the middle of nature! It's wonderful!

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