Saturday's Critters # 604

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!

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.

We walk this trail often and the Merlin App has been picking up the sounds of the Kentucky Warbler in the same area of the trail each time we were there. 

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.

Feeding the koi fish, they were jumping out of the water making big splashes. The kiddies needed a wet zone warning.  

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.

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