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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!
Edit: I may not be available as much in the next week, my hubby may be starting dialysis this week. He is very anxious about the treatment, can you please keep him in your prayers.
Another update, as of Monday morning Hubby is refusing to go for the dialysis, I am sure he is scared of the outcome. I am not able to force him. Quality of life is important.
Today is Miney's 1st birthday, Happy Birthday to Miney! 🎂🎈 ❤️ We started fostering Miney on Jan 11th and we officially adopted her on Jan 20th.
Photos are from the middle of May. My walks with Miney are always surrounded by nature, early morning walks are filled with the sounds of birds singing.
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" A walk in nature walks the soul back home" Mary Davis
1. May 15th, another walk on our local fire road, I was walking Miney and listening to the birds singing. Most of my walks lately I hear the same birds below is the cute Blue-gray Gnatcatcher is a quick little bird moving around in the trees.
May15th, I heard more birds off the fire road trail during our walk with Miney. I think a storm might have been pushing some different warblers through our area. I do see some of these Warblers in the Fall in my backyard. They love the Devil's Walking Stick berries.
2. Below is a mosaic of the warblers and a Chat that were picked up by the Merlin App, top row is the American Redstart, second row is the Bay-breasted Warbler, bottom row are from left to right the Blackpoll Warbler, Nashville Warbler and the Yellow-breasted Chat.
3. May 16th, my Merlin App picked up the Wood Ducks sounds on May 15th and 16th in the same area of the fire road trail close to a cove area of the Prettyboy Reservoir.
4. May 16th, I am hearing the Eastern Wood-Pewee calling in the same area of the fire road trail.
5. On our walks lately I hear lots of Red-eyed Vireos.
6. Miney is always on alert during our walks, looking for dogs or critters. I think she has a good nose and can smell animals around. She goes crazy if she sees a deer running in the distance.
7. Flashback to some Shenandoah Bird July 2019. On the trail I saw a few Warblers on the ground. The photos below are the Black and White Warbler and a female American Redstart.
Another look at the Black and White Warbler.
8. Another Shenandoah Flashback from July 2019, a male Eastern Towhee.
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 4th of July 2025!
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Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!
"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."
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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!
A mish-mash on daily walks and outings with our dog Miney, birdwatching from my backyard or on the Prettyboy Fire Roads.
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1. May 9th, seeing the bluebirds in my yard this season just makes me happy. I hope to see their babies!
"The bluebird carries the sky on his back."
The bluebird is a symbol of hope, happiness and joy.
2. May 10th, in the backyard a Bluebird and a Mourning Dove are having a conversation.
3. May 10, we took our walk on another local fire road, wildflowers Fleabane and I am not sure what the tiny yellow wildflowers are called.
I am hearing the Great-crested Flycatcher calling while on our walks and from my bird yard. They are brownish upper parts and yellowish underparts and a bushy crest.
4. May 11th, Some blooms from our yard, the Columbine, Siberian Iris, Bluebird sitting in Pine tree and I am not sure if the plant bottom right is called Spiderwort?
May 11th backyard birds captured by my Merlin app.
5. May 12th, my backyard we have the Siberian Irises blooming, I saw a cute bunny, our Rhododendrons are looking beautiful.
6. May 12th, the Worm-eating Warbler is a drab looking warbler with black and buffy stripes on its head. I have been hearing this bird calling from off the local fire road when I am walking Miney.
7. May 12th, I see and hear the Blue Jays in my yard and often on the fire road while we are out walking Miney.
8. Flashback from last year May 2024, the Scarlet Tanagers have returned to Prettyboy Watershed and my back yard. The male Scarlet Tanager is a lovely color red with dark wings. During mating/breeding season I hear these birds singing while I am out walking Miney on our local fire roads.
Another Flashback to Aug 2023, a beautiful closeup of the Scarlet Tanager on the trail at Shenandoah Nat'l Park.
Bonus, July 3rd is my granddaughter Sophie's 1st birthday.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our sweet Sophie.
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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