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Happy Earth Day, April 22nd.
"Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains."
"Together we climb mountains."
"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."
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Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!
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Wishing everyone a happy and blessed Easter!
Still over a month behind, I am sharing photos of my yard birds, photos from our walks with Miney and our outings. My post is a mish mash of photos and a few flashback images from our visits to Florida.
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1. March 7th, another morning walk on the local fire road with Miney.
2. March 7th, our neighbors asked us to let their Goldendoodle out mid-day since they were away for the day. They mentioned we would not recognize Casey, she was groomed and looking more like a yellow lab. We took Miney with us so they could play.
3. March 8th, another walk on the local fire road with Miney. During our walks I am still looking out for any birds. Usually I hear more than I see, the Titmouse and Woodpeckers are vocal. I can hear the geese on the lake a little distance away. There were vultures flying around above us.
4. March 9th, we took our walk on the local George's Creek trail. At this time everything is still looking brown, still winter here. I saw a couple of Brown Creepers, lots of Bluebirds and a Mockingbird. Near by I heard the Canada Geese, Woodpeckers, Song Sparrows, Chickadees and Cardinals.
5. March 9th, a closer look at a couple of the Brown Creepers.
6. March 9th, views from our walk at George's Creek, which flows into the Prettyboy Reservoir.
March 9th, I heard lots of Bluebirds. They seem to be very vocal this morning.
7. Flashback another Florida bird is the Little Blue Heron. The bicolored bill looks especially beautiful during the breeding time.
8. Florida Flashback, the Loggerhead Shrike was a common bird we saw in many Florida parks.
Easter bonus image, we went to an Easter Breakfast with the family. Our grandsons are a little shy near the Easter bunny but Sophie does not mind at all.
For some reason I am not able to comment on Wordpress blogs even when I am signed in. I have tried various blogs and the same happens on each blog.
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Bird of Paradise, a symbol of joyfulness.
"We rise by lifting others."
"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."
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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!
I am sharing various images, the first photo my new header is a view of the Gunpowder River below the Prettyboy Dam, other images are from my walks and our backyard, the birds, critters and our dog Miney.
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1. March 2nd, my mosaic has photos of the sunrise, a view of the reservoir from our local fire road, Miney the dog, a squirrel eating the bird food and a Carolina Chickadee on the birdbath ends with the sunset.
2. March 2nd, the Gray Squirrels are regular visitors to our deck railing they manage to eat a lot of the suet nuggets I put out for the birds.
3. March 2nd, one of my yard birds the Carolina Chickadee.
4. March 5th, our morning walk with Miney on the local fire road. I heard the usual birds on this walk. I did see two Pileated Woodpeckers, flying away. I missed getting their photo.
5. March 6th, we were back walking on the NCR rail to trail. It is one of our favorite spots for walking, easy flat walking we can go further and it is next to the river.
6. March 6th, on the way home from the bike trail we road past the Friendly Farms pond, I notice a flock of Ring-necked Ducks.
7. Flashback, since April 10th was Gopher Tortoise day. I am sharing some of Gopher Tortoise photos from our Florida trips. These are from Dec 2020, a St Augustine park.
8. A Florida 2015 flashback, I am sharing another photo of the Gopher Tortoise hubby and saw at one of our many Florida park visits.
Another Florida flashback from April 2015, one of my favorite Florida birds seen was the Sora at the Viera Wetlands, Melbourne Florida, The Sora is a small bird in the rail family. The Sora has a yellow bill and walks through the wetlands similar to a chicken.
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"May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset hold more peace."
Kauai 2022, sunset
"Happiness is the sun setting over a beach."
"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."
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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!
Happy April, this is my first post for the month of April. The holidays we will celebrate during this month are April 12th Passover begins, April 20th is Easter Sunday, April 22nd is Earth Day and last but not least is April 25th is Arbor Day honor this day by planting a tree.
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1. The NCR rail trail, is popular for joggers, bike riders and people walking, lots of dog walkers.
Feb 26th, NCR trail with Miney
2. Miney wanted everyone that went by to stop and say hello. She is a friendly dog.
3. Off the NCR trail I noticed these two Canada Geese. One look like it was sick or dead, it's partner seemed to by hanging close by. I am wondering if the sick bird has the HPAI Avian flu. I was sad to hear they closed my favorite trail at the Susquehanna River, due to the large count of dead Vultures. The Avian flu is killing the vultures seen at the Conowingo Dam area.
4. On the way home from our walk on the NCR bike trail we stopped at the Prettyboy Reservoir's boat ramp. If we are lucky we usually see some ducks hanging out nearby. This day we saw a large flock of Common Mergansers and some Canada Geese.
5. A closer look at the Canada Geese.
6. Somewhat closer view of the Common Mergansers. The male has the white body and a green head. The female has a rufous colored head with greyish body.
7. Miney watching a jogger go by.
8. From March 2017, during our 6months living in Florida we visited the Circle B Preserve at least once a week. It is a great place to see the birds, just watch out for the gators. Below seen off the Circle B trail I could see the Great Blue Heron with one of their chicks.
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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.
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"Always take the scenic route."
Cape Flattery, northwest tip of Washington state.
"Leave the roads, take the trails."
"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."
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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!
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On this last Saturday of March, I continue with a mish-mash of photos. I am sharing my yard birds, walks around the lake, on the fire roads and photos of our dog Miney.
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1. Feb 21st, looking out my kitchen window I noticed this hawk sitting in a tree at the end of our driveway. Needless to say my yard birds all went into hiding. I am guessing that it is a Red-shouldered Hawk. But, the Red-tailed Hawk is another common raptor seen in my neighborhood.
2. The hawk seems to have something in it's sight line, staring intently.
3. Feb 23rd, we took Miney on a walk to the Prettyboy reservoir to see the Eagle's nest. We did not see the Eagles, I hope all is well with their nest. We did see lots of Canada Geese and some Common Mergansers.
4. Miney always enjoys her walks, on this day we had a short car ride around to another section of the reservoir.
5. Lots of Canada Geese on the lake and on the far shore I see at least one Common Merganser, usually there we see lots of the Mergansers in this area.
6. Feb 25th, I took Miney on a shorter walk. Just up and down the street. During my walks, I could hear the Hairy Woodpecker, American Robins and some crows.
7. A Facebook flashback from From 2015, 10 years ago. I would see many American Goldfinches in my yard and at the feeders. I am missing them now because I no longer put out bird seed in feeders. This is a male starting to get his summer colors and black forehead.
8. Flashback Feb 2017, two Barred Owls sitting in a palm tree at my favorite birding spot Circle B in Florida.
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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.
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Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!
"Leave the roads, take the trails."
"Lose yourself in nature and find peace."
"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."
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Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week! Happy Earth Day, April 22nd. "Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains....
