Saturday's Critters # 653

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

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Happy Father's Day to my hubby and son and all the Dads in Blogland. I hope your day is special! 

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

I am sharing my walks, my favorite parks, NCR bike trail and of course our local Prettyboy fire road walk with Miney. I have been enjoying all the wildflowers, the spring birds are arriving. All are my simple pleasure and bring me joy. 

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1. Hashawha Nature Center walk, the wildflowers were looking pretty. I found an Eastern Kingbird sitting on a wire that goes across the lake. The kingbird's tail has white on the very bottom. I captured a Carolina Wren, you can almost hear him singing. 

2. NCR trail Parkton Maryland, the best bird I heard and saw was the Baltimore Oriole.  The white-throated Sparrows were still hanging around, the Northern Parula was singing often. 

3. My backyard bunny is a cutie!  

4. My walk with Miney on the Prettyboy fire road, I love seeing the Pink Lady Slippers.  

It is wonderful to see all the greenery, Spring is one of my favorite times of the year. 

5. While the Pink lady Slippers are blooming I tend to walk on the fire road in their direction. Our Rhododendrons are blooming, we lost some branches this past winter. The snow was too heavy and they fell over.  

I like using the Merlin app on my fire road walks, the Blackburnian Warbler was nice to hear.  I have seen them previous years around the Prettyboy watershed. 

6. Miney loves her walks, her nose is to the ground. So many smells for her, she picks up speed if she smells a fox. 

7. The Bluebirds are using a birdhouse on our deck, the male Bluebird does not like the woodpeckers. I have seen him trying to chase off the birds from the feeders. 

Below is from my walk again with Miney on the local Prettyboy fire road.  The Northern Parula are breeders here in the watershed.  I am not sure if the Black and White Warbler was a resident or migrant.

8. Walk with Miney on the local fire road at Prettyboy.

I was happy to hear the Yellow-billed Cuckoo calling, it is nice to see the birds returning to our area. 

I hope you are all enjoying nature and getting outdoors walking. 

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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