Saturday, July 6, 2019

Saturday's Critters #290

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!

Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird watching over his territory. 



I believe these are the Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies, they like our purple bee balm.


Blue Jay trying to hide in our Redbud tree.


Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.


Female Cardinal on nest.



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.


62 comments:

Shiju Sugunan said...

That's a beautiful piece of jewelry on the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Loved the butterflies!

Nancy Chan said...

So good to see pretty birds and beautiful butterflies. Happy to see the bird nesting. Thank you, Eileen for hosting and have a happy weekend!

orchid0324 said...

Dearest Eileen; Great Varieties of Critters♡♡♡ Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies are SO lovely and beautiful among your purple bee balm♬ Oh, The Hummingbird sure has Ruby on its throat; and I love the way his clinging the branch. I wish I knew if I'd ever seen the swallow tail p;-) Have a wonderful weekend and coming new week.
Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

Gorgeous butterflies Eileen and it is fabulous to have found the birds nest and hopefully you will see the young emerging soon. Thanks for hosting and have a great weekend.

Small City Scenes said...

Sweet Cardinal on her nest. Love the Swallowtail and I do like Monarda---smells so good. nice shot of the Hummer
MB

Klara S said...

Hello, Eileen. These are lovely pictures. Butterflies are my favourite. I couldn't catch three butterflies in one picture! U did it.
Thank you for hosting.
xoxo

Ella said...

The butterflies are gorgeous!
Have a great weekend!

Nancy J said...

Your top photo, that is wonderful.And the others are great too, don't want anyone out there to feel left out.The butterfly pics are super, and love the Red Cardinal mum hiding up there.

Sami said...

Beautiful butterflies and I love to see birds nesting.
Thanks for hosting Eileen.

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
Glorious offerings today Eileen!!! YAM xx

MadSnapper said...

I have never seen the spangled butterflies,they are AMAZING! we did not get our Friteraries this year, lack of flowers they like due to drought, we think

Debbie said...

these are all very special captures today, the butterflies especially. i don't have any bee palm, i will look for that to put in the butterfly garden!!

love the mrs. sitting on her nest, what a wonderful and very special image!!

i am not seeing humming birds anymore, i only saw them early in the season!!

have a great weekend!!!

Tom said...

...I love the butterflies! Thanks for hosting Eileen and I hope that you are enjoying your weekend.

chica said...

Que coisa mais linda!!!Adoráveis tuas fotos e cliques! beijos, lindo fim de semana.Aqui muito frio!!! chica

David M. Gascoigne, said...

I am always happy to see a bird on a nest. I hope that this female cardinal produces healthy chicks.

Jenn Jilks said...

So many nesters! Your bee balm is ahead of ours! Soon...
Have a great weekend!

Bill said...

The butterflies are always a pleasure to see and very pretty. Thanks for hosting and have a wonderful weekend.

italiafinlandia said...

Thanks for sharing this list of beauties. Have a nice weekend!

Brian King said...

Nice photo of the hummingbird! The butterflies are beautiful!

Phil Slade said...

Hello Eileen. Those butterflies are just superb. I do like the picture of the female Cardinal pretending she's not there. I hope the nesting goes well.

Have as smashing weekend. And thanks for the link-up.

Sondra said...

OH your bee Balm is gorgeous so far again this yr no blooms for me, I have to wonder what am I doing wrong with it? Love the birds of course!

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

Beautiful captures of the butterflies, Eileen!

Francisco Manuel Carrajola Oliveira said...

Fotografias fantásticas, gostei e aproveito para desejar um bom fim-de-semana.

Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
Livros-Autografados

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

Thanks for hosting, Eileen. Have a great new week!

Marit said...

Hello Eileen,

Beautiful images! The hummingbird is so pretty, and The Eastern Swallowtail is veryvbeautiful. Thank you for sharing!
I wish you a wonderful weekend!

Barbara Rogers said...

Hi Eileen, these are charming. My favorites are the butterflies...how did you get them to all line up like that! Thanks for stopping over at my blogs. Have a great weekend (with camera in tow, I bet!)

Marie Smith said...

The butterflies are lovely. Your photos are great!

Sussi said...

gorgeous!

HappyK said...

Nice collection of pictures. My favorite is the butterflies on the bee balm.

carol l mckenna said...

Each photo a beauty ~ Hope you had a lovely 4th of July ^_^

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

Louca por porcelana said...

Gorgeous pictures!Hugs!

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

I especially love both butterfly photos!

rupam sarma said...

Amazing pics, Loved Butterflies pics.
Happy Weekend.

krishna said...

Love the butterfly... it is do gorgeous!

Gayle said...

Love the plumage detail of the hummingbird. Happy Day.

Cloudia said...

Such a lovely post! Thank you very much E

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

Love the butterflies. We can never get them to light long enough to get good photos. And it's fun to spot birds on the nest! Happy weekend!

Helma said...

Hello Eileen
beautiful pictures of the birds and butterflies.
The cardinals on the nest are very special for me to see.
They are beautiful birds :-)
I was too late to link my blog so I do that next Saturday.
Enjoy the weekend.
Greetings, Helma

RedPat said...

I still haven't seen any Hummingbirds yet this year!

Anonymous said...

Each and every critter you captured is a perfect example of Summer...:)jp

William Kendall said...

Your blue jay shot is my favourite.

Our photos said...

Very nice. I like the hummingbird !!

Lea said...

Love the Hummingbird photo!

GreenComotion said...

Hi Eileen-
Superb snaps in this post as well.
I have never seen a Cardinal in her nest - how beautiful.
Thanks for hosting.
Happy WE!
Peace :)

Linda said...

Beautiful butterflies! Thanks for hosting this linkup.

Gunilla Teckenberg said...

Hi Eileen!

Det är svårt att fotografera fjärilar, de sitter sällan stilla framför fotografen. Du har tagit jättefina bilder på vackra fjärilar!

Uppal said...

Your butterfly images are exceptionally beautiful. I wonder how could you manage to have the threesome together!

Rose said...

Oh, those butterflies are just gorgeous! The Great Spangled Fritillary is especially appealing to me. Probably because I don't see that many of them.

Sally said...

These photo's are outstanding. I see you're another awesome photographer. Have been seeing you at Debbie's place, and thought I would visit. :)

Wally Jones said...

Really enjoyed this post! Love Mrs. Cardinal on the nest. Very nice!

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

ohhhhhhhh loved those flutterbys.

Bob Bushell said...

Beautiful images, but I look at Ruby-throated Hummingbird, fantastic.

ellen b. said...

Beautiful butterfly shots. Hope your 4th and extended weekend was a good one.

~Kim at Golden Pines~ said...

Hummingbirds and butterflies are my favorites this time of year - I've seen more of them today than I have all summer. I'm not sure why.

I hope you've had a good weekend - These storms have been crazy lately, haven't they?

21 Wits said...

Hello Eileen, I made it! It has been a whirlwind of a weekend. Tour critters today a delightful, and each content in their own little spot within nature. You have a talent of sharing such fun critters for us. Enjoy your week.

handmade by amalia said...

I love your butterfly photos. We have so many of them this year but none that would sit still for a photo :-)
Amalia
xo

Ashley said...

Oh, I love these photos! So beautiful! Birds always fascinated me.

Lady Fi said...

What gorgeous shots!

Crafty Green Poet said...

lovely photos, specially the first one of the hummingbird, i love the way his neck is so irridescent!

Jeanie said...

That beebalm and butterfly shot -- GLORIOUS! Four star GLORIOUS!

Anne (cornucopia) said...

Beautiful photos.

Phil Slade said...

Hello again Eileen. I guess you are not doing as many posts at the moment. But, I took a second look at your 10 years and enjoyed every moment. You did well to spot that Cardinal pretending she's not there.

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