Happy Monday!

 Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

Best Wishes for peace and joy this holiday season!

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Saturday's Critters # 627

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

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"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas! Do you have a wish for Christmas? I have a wish besides peace and love, joy and good health for us all.

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Not a Christmasy post, my wish for this Christmas to see some of these birds once again.  From my archives I have a few favorite lifers, they were seen either in Maryland parks and in my back yard. I was lucky to see these birds, I have not seen most of these birds for a long time.  I wonder why they have disappeared. 

My sighting of a Fox Sparrow in my back yard. 

It has been awhile since I have seen a Fox Sparrow. 

Common Redpoll was seen at the Black Hills Regional Park, Boyds Maryland .

 A rare sighting of the Evening Grosbeaks in my yard, I had 3-4 show up at my feeders on Oct 25-26th, 2012. 

The Pine Siskins are not a rare bird, but there were years I saw many of them at my feeders in the winter months. It has been years since I have seen one in my yard. 

The Indigo Bunting is seen and heard in my yard and neighborhood. One of my favorite summer birds. 

The Indigo Bunting was one of my favorite yard birds, it is a lovely bird.  

The Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were another bird that would appear in the spring as they were migrating north?  It has been years since I have seen one in my yard.  

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"Slow down and enjoy the peace of nature."

Trail at Blowing Rocks Preserve, Jupiter Florida 2019

"If you truly love nature you will find beauty everywhere."

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Happy Hanukkah 2025!

 Happy Hanukkah 2025!

"May you be blessed with good health, joy and peace and all the best things in life."

Saturday's Critters # 626

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

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"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir

Sorry, I continue to be behind sharing my photos. It is still Autumn, the colorful trees are still looking beautiful. 

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1. Miney and I usually enjoy a brisk walk every day, she is a happy dog when the leash comes out.  Photos below are from our local fire road trail. 

2. On this day hubby was with me and Miney on a walk to the front lake.  The water level is down again due to the recent drought. 

I attached the Prettyboy birds heard on my Merlin App. The Killdeer like when the lake is low, they hang out on the beachy area.  

My Merlin App picked up the sounds of the Cedar Waxwings. I have heard and seen the Cedar Waxwings along this trail. 

I see the Merlin App picked up the Black-capped Chickadee, my area could overlap with the Carolina Chickadee. 

I watched a few of the Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers on the trees next to the fire road trail. Two were chasing each other around the tree. 

3. Hubby took a turn holding Miney's leash, nice to get a break if I want to take any bird photos.

The Prettyboy Reservoir looks low, the drought seems to be continuing in this area.  

4. Hide and seek, if you can find them there are two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers on this photo below. 

5. Not a critter but the Japanese Maple trees on our front lawn looked beautiful this fall.  

6. Some of my backyard images, the Peacock came for a visit, Miney likes to watch Mr Blue the Peacock. One of my neighbors told me he named the peacock Mr Blue because a few years ago the peacock showed up out of the blue. The berries are colorful on our Dogwood tree and the Holly bushes and the Japanese Maple is looking pretty. 

7. The Peacock is heading down our neighbors driveway, he does not like Miney.

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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Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

" Enjoy the smaller moments, that's where life is lived." unknown

Seneca Lake, Watkins Glen, Finger Lakes, NY 2019

 "A good life is a collection of happy memories."

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Saturday's Critters # 625

   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!

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir

I am sharing a mish-mash collection of photos from my walks with Miney and hubby, archived images of some favorite birds.

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1.  My local Prettyboy fire road walk with Miney. The trail is covered with leaves now, Miney always has her nose to the ground during our walk. 

2. Our walk with Miney and hubby on the NCR bike trail in Parkton Md. 

The critters seen at home in our yard, the Peacock was walking around the yard I assume looking for bugs to eat. The deer was on our driveway and a big fat groundhog was around the side yard. 

The Peacock is often seen near this little wood pile in our yard.  There may be lots of bugs hiding in the wood pile.

3. When we come home from dialysis I usually eat lunch and then I take Miney for a walk. Below is the local fire road walk with Miney. Luckily we have not come across a deer hunter. 

4. Another walk on the local NCR bike trail with hubby and Miney.  I heard a lot of birds, seems like a lot of White-throated Sparrows along the trail. I did see a Great Blue Heron standing in the stream. 

A larger look at the Great Blue Heron.

5. Seen on my travels, the Parakeets were one of my many favorite birds to see.  I am sharing archived images of various Parakeets, Parrots and the Mexican Parrotlet. 

The Monk Parakeet in Cape Coral Florida 2017 at the Pelican Baseball complex. Same spot where I saw the Burrowing Owls.

The Nanday Parakeet  was seen south of St Augustine, Florida, Jan 17, 2017

 The Rose-ringed Parakeet was seen in Kapaa Kauai 2022.

The Olive-throated Parakeet seen in Belize 2014. 

Blue-crowned Parakeet was seen in Pompano Beach Florida 2019.

The Yellow-headed Parakeet was seen in Curacao 2012

The Red-Lored Parrots were seen all over Costa Rica 2010

 

Mexican Parrotlet, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2023. It was a tiny bird and very cute. There were a flock of these birds in the trees eating some kind of fruit?

Tomorrow is my son's 33nd birthday, Happy Birthday Brian! Hubby's birthday is the 10th, Happy Birthday to hubby Michael.

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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