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Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!
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I am continuing with a mish-mash of photos from the end of May and beginning of June.
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1. May 26th, Pretty Dam and reservoir, a good spot to watch the Cliff Swallows that nest on the dam.
A walk with Miney on the Prettyboy fire road. A nice day for a walk, it was a pretty sky day.
2. May 29th, another local fire road walk to the lake with Miney. As usual I hear more birds than I can see, I did find an Ovenbird. The photo is blurry but you can see the black stripes on the bird's head.
3. Below are a few mosaics from May 30th, first are images of our walk with Miney on the NCR trail. The Mountain Laurels were blooming nicely. We saw a White-tailed Deer across the river.
Back in the yard, the Eastern Bluebirds were coming and going from the birdhouse.
A Great-crested Flycatcher perched on our deck railing and posed for some photos.
4. June 1st, another day and another walk with Miney. The peacock still comes for visits. This time he was hanging outside our basement door.
June 1st, the Peacock found a spot by our basement door, Miney can not see him there so the bird feels safe.
5. June 2nd, to keep a record of my backyard birds. I am sharing photos of an Eastern Kingbird, I am not sure what is in it's beak. The photos are not so good taken from a bedroom window.
6. June 3rd, Another walk on the local NCR bike trail with Miney. We saw a deer on the trail, luckily Miney did not see it, she pulls hard when she sees other critters. I captured one of two Damselflies hanging out near a picnic bench. A Black Rat snake was hanging on a fence over the creek and an American Goldfinch was perched high in a tree.
The Merlin App from our NCR trail walk, I was surprised it picked up a Green Heron. I have seen the Green Herons around the trail and bridge.
Miney on the bike trail, she gets excited to see people and other dogs or wild critters on the trail.
7. Flashback photos from our Ireland trip May 2023. The Eurasian Robin was one of my favorite Ireland birds.
Seeing sheep was a common sight while driving around the Ireland countryside.
Update on hubby: Thanks so much for the kind words and healing prayers. On July 21st, hubby had his 1st visit with the home therapy. On July 22nd, was his first session of outpatient dialysis. He seems to have his appetite back, he lost a lot of weight while he was in the hospital. He will be on a renal diet, I am sure he will not like it but I will be watching him closely.
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.
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Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!
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1. May 25th, we've been visiting the York Pennsylvania Great Egret and Black-crowned Night Heron rookeries for years now. It seems like the number of nests have gone down over the years. It is still a treat to see these beautiful birds and their babies.
2. I watched an Osprey circle the lake, it is neat to see it hovering trying to decide if it should dive for a fish.
3. Below are a few of the Great Egrets perched on their nest high in the tree tops.
4. Some of the Great Egret chicks were getting big already.
5. The Black-crowned Night Herons were nesting on a little island in the middle of the lake. We saw a few adult Night Heron which are white and black and the juveniles look brownish.
6. I believe these are Mallard hybrid ducks. The ducklings were so cute.
7. There were lots of Canada Geese families, the goslings were different sizes. I assume they grow fast.
8. We saw a few Slider Turtles at the lake, some in the water and some sunning themselves.
Bous Flashback photos: May 2023, Ireland, Alpacas at the Kerry Cliffs, Portmagee, Skellig Ring, Ireland
Alpacas at the Kerry Cliffs, Portmagee, Skellig Ring, Ireland
During an early morning walk in Doolin, I came across this White-throated Dipper in a small creek.
Update Wednesday July 16th on hubby: On Wednesday it was day 3 of Dialysis for hubby and then hopefully they will find what they call a community chair for outpatient dialysis. He seems to be more with it, a little weak. He still wants out. He does not like hospitals.
Update on Thursday July 17th, Hubby will have one more dialysis session at the hospital Saturday July 19th which is today and then next week he will start his sessions at a local outpatient center.
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.
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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Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!
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Celebrating a day early tomorrow July 13th, is my 16th Blog Anniversary! These years are flying by!
Another mish-mash of photos, still behind these images are from May 2025 and a couple of flashbacks at the end.
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1.May 17th, our walk with Miney was on the Parkton section of the NCR trail. I heard more birds than I could see due to all the leaves, check out the list of birds I heard on my Merlin App. The birds can hide well in the tree tops. The Dame's Rocket was blooming and looking pretty, I was amazed to see a large amount of tadpoles in a puddle on the trail's parking lot. Almost hidden in the bottom right side is a Gray Catbird.
I did see two Baltimore Orioles chasing a crow right above the trail's parking lot. The Orioles were heard singing all along the trail.
2. May 18th, we met my son and his family at the Catoctin Zoo and wildlife Preserve, it was a fun time with the grandchildren. They loved all the animals.
3. More fun at the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve.
Luna the turtle was one of my favorites.
4. May 21st, a walk with Miney on our fire road at Prettyboy.
May 21st, my Merlin App birds heard during a short walk with Miney on our local fire road.
5. May 23rd, my grandson Wyatt's pre-school had a little graduation ceremony.
6. May 24th, another local walk on the fire road with Miney. I loved seeing all the ferns and the Mountain Laurels were starting to bloom.
Same day but back at home the Peacock came to visit us, he sat on our deck railing. But, he went up on our roof when I had to let Miney outside.
7. Flashback to my sightings of the Summer Tanager.
June 2018, at home on the local fire road at Prettyboy, I was able to see a Summer Tanager seen right off the trail.
This Summer Tanager was seen in April 2013, in Florida at the Ding Darling NWR.
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.
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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