Saturday, October 11, 2025

Saturday's Critters # 617

   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!


Still far behind these are late August images. I am sharing a variety of photos, my dog Miney, backyard butterflies, the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at my feeders, a pretty sunrise and some Florida Flashback photos. 



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1. Aug 27, images are from my morning walk with Miney and some photos of the hummingbirds and Butterflies in my yard.  





I have been sharing lots of butterflies on my blog.  They may look familiar but they are new photos for this post. Back yard butterflies, the Fritillary, Skipper, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail. 




2. A larger look at the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. It is a beautiful butterfly.






3. Aug 30th, sunrise seen from the parking lot at the Dialysis Center. 






4. Aug 31st, it was fun watching the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds with my grandsons. I think they were amazed to see these tiny birds flying around our deck.




A closer look at the Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the feeder.  





5.  My flashback images this week are from Oct 2016, the Lakeland neighborhood birds. Even though our time living in Florida was short Oct 2016-March 2017, I enjoyed the birdwatching. We visited so many parks and beaches and bird walks around our little Lakeland neighborhood. Below are all birds seen in the neighborhood.  The Osprey on a electric pole. 




6. The Sandhill Cranes were seen all around the neighborhood, sometimes walking down the streets. Below they are near the boat ramp. 




7. A large flock of Snowy Egrets landed on the pier. 





8. A Tricolored Heron standing on the railing. 




9. The Black-bellied Whistling ducks were a favorite, I always could hear them flying in and landing on a neighbors lawn. Below they are on a pier. 






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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12 comments:

Shiju Sugunan said...

The butterfly and heron shots are fantastic! Beautiful nature finds.

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Eileen, your photography never ceases to amaze and captivate me. Your photos are absolutely stunning. Thank 😊 you so much for sharing and I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 💗

rupam sarma said...

Helloo, Hope your are doing fine. Loved your post and pics.
Miney's walk, Beautiful hummingbirds, Loved Butterflies pics, Amazing sky view. Thanks a lot for hosting. Happy weekend,

Cloudia said...

Thank you for these healing photographs. Eileen, I am wishing you a healthy and a happy Autumn. Aloha

italiafinlandia said...

I love butterflies and I never get enough of butterflies photos. 😄
The Hummingbirds are marvellous as well.
Thanks for sharing the Sandhill Cranes and the Heron too.
Wishing you the best weekend!

Mae Travels said...

Great bird photos, especially from your long trip.
Thank you for hosting the Critters.
best… mae

Marit said...

Hello Eileen,
The Hummingbirds are very beautiful. Wonderful photos! I wish they were here too.
Take care, and have a great day and weekend!

Irma said...

Hi Eileen,
This is a fantastic series of photos.
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is beautiful, and what a beautiful sunrise.
I also love the osprey on a power pole, you saw a lot back then.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Greetings Irma

EricaSta said...

Another week with beautiful birds. Indeed there are special birds here today, I never seen before. That's always the magic of your blogsite, dear Eileen ... I enjoyed reading very much.
Thank you for sharing and for hosting.
Have a wonderful week, greetings by Heidrun

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
Love the new header shot, Eileen... and all those butterflies! YAM xx

Iris Flavia said...

No butterflies here this "summer that hardly was". Nice to see yours and oh, the sunrise, beautiful. And the Hummingbird , so ... seemingly fragile.
And the Osprey so strong and fierce. Never knew there are so many different herons. Thank you, Eileen, this was summerly fun on a very grey morning - have a great day.

chica said...

Céu maravilhoso,Miney, borboletas, pássaros... Tudo lindo como sempre aqui! Tenham um lindo fim de semana! beijos praianos, chica

Saturday's Critters # 617

    Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday !  If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog abou...