Saturday's Critters # 526

 Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!

 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! Here is a Saturday's Critters badge if you would like to add it to your post.

Dec 12-13th we were on the road again, just one night in Atlantic City NJ and 2 visits to the Edwin B. Forsythe wildlife refuge. This wildlife refuge is a great place to visit in the winter, to see all the winter ducks and the Snow Geese. My photos were taken from the car while driving on the wildlife drive. 

1. Dec 12th, we arrived mid day to find the visitor center was closed but the wildlife drive is open. 

A view from the wildlife drive and across the bay you can see the Atlantic City hotels and casinos. 

2. Below various ducks we saw were the Green-winged Teal, the Northern Shoveler and the Northern Pintail. 

3. Near the beginning of the wildlife drive, I had a great view of the American Bittern. If only it stayed to pose for my photo, it turned tail and hid in the grasses. 

4. The Hooded Mergansers were seen in big groups at times along the drive. 

5.  We saw lots of female Buffleheads and only a few shy male Buffleheads. 

6.   The Ruddy Ducks look cute with their stiff tail feathers.  

7. The American Black Ducks are a common sight to see at this wildlife refuge.  

8.  Below a Great Blue Heron hanging out with a Great Egret. 

9.  The Canada Geese seemed to be happy standing on the wildlife drive, I hope they stay safe with the cars riding by. 

10.   We saw a few Mute Swans, they looked like they did not want to be disturbed.   

11. The Snow Geese arrive in the winter months in large flocks. They are fun to watch when something upsets them and they all take off making lots of noise only to fly around and land again on the ground or in the water.

12. One lone Snow Geese was looking for food in the grasses along the drive.  

I hope you enjoyed this visit to the wildlife refuge.  

Thank you for sharing your critters and post!

Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.

Here is my linky:

I am linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday  I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post.