Happy Monday!

  Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"Peace begins with a smile." Mother Teresa

Mirror Lake, MT Hood, Oregon

"Today is a good day to smile."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday's Critters # 660

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

Lately I am sharing a mish-mash of photos from my back yard and my walks with Miney and Hubby. 

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1. The American Goldfinches one of my regular back yard bird visiting the thistle feeder.  

Below a female Goldfinch, waiting for her turn on the feeder. 

2. The Red-bellied Woodpecker, lately I have been watching a family of four of these birds coming and going to my feeder. They love the little peanut suet balls.

The Gray Squirrels will take over my feeders and empty the bird feeders in the blink of an eye. 

A juvenile Red-bellied Woodpecker, one of the family of 4 I have been seeing on my deck.  

3. A walk with Miney and hubby on the NCR bike trail in Parkton Md. I like seeing the Bee Balm blooming at the start of our walk. Along the trail we had 3 sightings of deer, luckily Miney only saw one. I think Miney would chase them if she could. I did see one Great Blue Heron, standing in the river it was mostly hidden by some tree branches. 

One of the deer we saw off the NCR bike trail.

4. On the drive home from the walk, I had to stop the car and let this group of Canada Geese cross the road.

5. A walk with Miney on the local Prettyboy fire road. 

The Merlin app picked the Ovenbird as my bird of the day, you can see above and my Ovenbird collage below.  They are breeders in the Prettyboy watershed area around our neighborhood.

This downed tree was my turn around spot and head home.

6. Back at home after our walk, I captured a male Eastern Bluebird standing on top of one of our birdhouses.  I think the couple has started on a new nest.

Some of the flowers on our deck, they attract the hummingbirds and butterflies.

"Make the present moment into the most wonderful moment of your life."

7. Another walk with Miney on the local fire road at Prettyboy. 

I hope you enjoyed coming along on my walks and the birds and critters I am sharing today. 

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"Inhale peace, exhale stress."

The Cape Flattery Trail located on the Makah Reservation takes you to the most Northwestern part of the USA. 

"Peace is found in the quiet beauty of nature."

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Saturday's Critters # 659

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

Happy August everyone!  I have a mish-mash of photos from various dates in June. I am forever behind at least a month or so. 

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1. June 14th, the day starts off with listening to my yard birds from our deck. The Carolina Wren was singing loudly, out performing all other birds.

Hubby, Miney and I took our morning walk on the NCR trail at Bentley Springs. 

Merlin App was used on our NCR bike trail walk. Lots of great birds were heard.  

The Scarlet Tanager was heard and seen a  few times while on our walk at the NCR trail. 

The Bee Tree free library was a cute new addition seen off the bike trail, it says seeds and stories below. 

2. Sometimes I go out on my deck and listen for the real early morning birds, the time listed below has 6:24am. 

I put one of my photos of the Northern Parula, it is a breeder in my area. I hear them often on our walks.

On June 5th the Merlin App said my "bird of the day" was the White-breasted Nuthatch.  They are a year round bird in my area and a regular visitor to my feeder. 

3. The Fritillary Butterflies love the Lantana plant on our deck.

4. My walk with Miney on the local fire road.  

Hubby and I had an lunch-dinner combo meal at the Barn Resort and the Farmhouse Restaurant in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Gettysburg is about an hours drive from home.  The large building used to be the Boyd's Bear store. The view of the field and trees from the resort window and some cute art work that was in the Ladies Restroom. 

I have been seeing 3-4 Hairy Woodpeckers at my feeders and they take turns with the Downy Woodpeckers and the Red-bellied Woodpeckers. 

Below I think are 2 Hairy Woodpeckers( one of the feeder and one on the pergola post) and 1 Downy Woodpecker on the railing. 

5. June 21st was Father's Day, my morning started off with a local walk with Miney at Prettyboy watershed.

6. Our walk to the lake with Hubby and Money, we saw more Slider Turtles and families of Canada Geese. One juvenile Bald Eagle flew by.  

After our local walk, we took a ride around the lake to look for wildlife and we stopped at the Prettyboy Dam. 

Prettyboy Dam and Bridge.

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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Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

Hillsborough River State Park. Located in Hillsborough County, Florida near Zephyrhills

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Saturday's Critters # 658

    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

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I always enjoy my walks with hubby and Miney out in nature.  It is peaceful listening to the birds, looking for wildflowers and critters.  There are times we see deer and fox, mostly running away from us. Our walks include the NCR bike trail, our local fire road at Prettyboy Reservoir and my back yard birds and critters.

1. Along side our driveway we have some Clematis blooming. 

Some of the flowers I picked out for out deck. I chose flowers that the hummingbirds and butterflies love. Like the Salvia, Lantana and Zinnia.

Hubby, Miney and I took a walk to see the front lake, after having some rain it looks the water level has gone up some but not totally recovered yet. There was a large group of Canada Geese hanging out on the shore and I believe my Merlin App picked up a Killdeer there too. 

Merlin Birds heard on our walk to the Prettyboy reservoir. 

I have been hearing the Cedar Waxwings every day lately, they are beautiful birds too see. The Cedar Waxwing has a black mask, tan head and breast and a yellow belly. Their tails have a yellow band on the bottom.

"Smile, breath and go slowly."

2. The water level is higher at the reservoir, but the water line when full is up to the trees. The last news I heard the reservoir was 6 feet low. 

The Canada Geese below were only a few I saw on this day. 

3. Below is a list of my yard birds on my Merlin App, I have been seeing a family of Hairy Woodpeckers visiting my suet feeder. 

Below are the Hairy Woodpeckers and the Bluebird inside the house. 

4. My yard birds, Merlin App birds and Miney on our walk.  Merlin birds announce my bird of the day, on this day it was the Blue Jay. 

Most mornings I will go out on our deck and open the Merlin App ,  above and below are the birds that were singing around my yard.  The Cardinals are seen and heard every day. 

Miney on our walk, she enjoys her daily walks.

I hope your enjoyed our walks, the birds and views of the reservoir.  

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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