Saturday's Critters #110

Saturday's Critters #110

Happy Saturday, it's time to share your critters and post. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who is linking in with this week's critter party.

They are calling for a big snowstorm (1-2 feet of snow)  this weekend. I am wishing the weathermen are wrong and we do not get as much snow as they are calling for. I am also praying our electric stays on and this storm goes by quickly. I hope everyone in the storms path stays warm and safe!

These are some images from our visit to Assateague Island National Seashore. We saw plenty of birds and the wild ponies.

The cute Yellow-rumped Warblers a winter bird for Assateague were the most common bird we saw. There must have been hundreds of them around the island.

For Teresa's Friday Hunt 

1. The letter D

2. Week's favorite

2.  Beautiful

For Teresa's Friday Hunt 

I am sharing this photo from our walk at Assateague Island. It is my Favorite photo from the day and I would say this trail is Beautiful. I like how the trail is lined with these bushes, it reminds me of a natural tunnel. 

A Great Blue Heron lurking in the grasses.

Some of the wild ponies were right on the road.

The horses were crossing back and forth in front of our car.

 For Teresa's Friday Hunt and the word Beautiful....I am sharing one of the BEAUTIFUL wild horses on  Assateague Island.

For Teresa's Friday Hunt and the letter "D" I saw a lot of Ducks, Grebes and Mergansers at Assateague Island, sorry the lighting was not very good for the shot above.

 I hope you enjoyed visiting Assateague Island. As always thanks for the visits and the nice comments. I also thank everyone who is linking up and sharing their critters.. Happy Saturday, have a great weekend!

An InLinkz Link-up

To see more beautiful birds and cute critters, check out these two memes below.

Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.  Also check out Camera Critters. Thanks to Misty for hosting this fun meme. Thanks to Teresa for hosting Friday's Hunt

Ocean City, Maryland

I am linking up with Skywatch Friday  and Good Fences
I hope you can join in on the fun and share your fence scenes and pretty skies.

For my Skywatch Friday and Good Fences I am sharing some Ocean City Maryland scenes from our last visit there. For those who are not familiar with my home state of Maryland, we are located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains. I guess you could say we have the best of both worlds with the ocean and the mountains.

 Hubby and I enjoyed a little trip to the beach, we enjoyed the sunsets, sunrises and all the cool birds. I met up with an old high school friend, we had a nice reunion. We had not seen each other in 30 years or so. It was a great trip!

"Never forget, that with each day the sunrises, hope soars." unknown author

The sunrise from our room..We got a great deal from Quality Inn on the boardwalk, awesome price for the two nights. How could we turn that down? I hope this balcony railing counts as a fence shot.

We watched the sunrise from our balcony..

"May every sunrise bring you hope,
may every sunset bring you peace." unknown author

Along with watching the sunrise, I was able to watch this flock of Black Skimmers on the beach.

During the day we drove over to Assateague Island to look for more birds and the wild horses.  The horses were greeting people right at the entrance gate of the Assateague Island National Seashore.

A couple brought their own horses to Assateague for a ride on the beach. Some more beach fences for Tex's Good Fences.

We counted at least 6 Great Egrets at Assateague, only 3 are shown in this photo.

The view of the beach and boardwalk from our room..Not sure what the sideways row of fences is for, maybe sand erosion?

Sunset was on Ocean City's bay side..

"Enjoy every sunset, look forward to every sunrise. " unknown

I hope you enjoyed my images and post. Thanks for stopping by for a visit and for your nice comments. Have a happy day and weekend ahead.

To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit  Skywatch Friday
and check for more fence shots at Tex's Good Fences

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences and thanks to Sylvia, Yogi  and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.    I wish everyone a happy day and weekend ahead..

Ocean City-Assateague Part 2

I am linking up with Skywatch Friday  and Good Fences
I hope you can join in on the fun and share your fence scenes and pretty skies.

For this week's Good Fence and Skywatch Friday memes I am sharing more from our May trip to Ocean City, Maryland and Assateague Island.

We started our morning with the sunrise from the beach in front of our hotel.

The full moon will be setting, seen from the beach. It was a pretty colored moon.

Beach fence is buried under the sand. As you can see we had the beach to ourselves.

Assateague boardwalk and trail. For Tex's Good Fences, I hope the shot above counts as my fence entry.

I am not positive but I think above are the Royal Terns. I was also thinking they could be the Caspian Terns, but my field guide shows a bit of black on the Caspian bill. One Tern on the left side has a thinner bill.

The trail with a view of the sky and way in the distance is one of the Assateague wild ponies.

A closer view of the pony. On this Anniversary trip we saw the Chincoteague wild ponies and the Assateague wild ponies.

A Green Heron seen at Assateague Island.

We walked on a few trails that included a boardwalk. I like this view of the trail, sky and tree.

Some of the Assateague Island birds we saw on the trail and in the forest. Large image is the egrets, top right is the Tricolored Heron, Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Willet, and bottom left is a Eastern Towhee we saw in the woods.  I hope you enjoyed my post and images. And as always thank you for visiting and for the nice comments. Have a happy weekend!

To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit  Skywatch Friday
and check for Fences from around the world check out Tex's Good Fences

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences and thanks to Sylvia, Yogi  and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.    I wish everyone a happy day and weekend ahead..

Assateague Island & Ocean City, Md

  I am linking up with Mosaic Monday and Our World Tuesday 

December 1, 2013

I am not one that had to be out shopping on Black Friday.. I hate crowds. So on the morning after Thanksgiving Day hubby and I took off for another two day trip to the beach and a loop around the Delaware shores. On the first morning we stopped at Assateague Island to see the birds, horses and the beach. From there we headed to Ocean City, Maryland.. We checked the inlet for seabirds and hubby just could not leave before buying some famous OC Thrasher French Fries.

Above Assateague Island National Seashore, Song Sparrow, Assateague wild pony, Mockingbird, Yellow Rump Warbler, Surfers.

 Assateague Island Mockingbird..seemed to be a common bird found in the park along with the Yellow-rump Warblers.

Ocean City inlet jetty, Purple Sandpipers, Seagulls and pigeons and Ocean City Amusement pier.

While enjoying some fries, we sat in the warm car and watched the gulls on the inlet parking lot.

The Purple Sandpipers are cute birds with their orange legs and bills. They can be found foraging on the rocks around the jetty. The Common Loon was another bird we found at the Ocean City Inlet. To continue our loop around the Maryland & Delaware seashores we hopped back in the car and headed for Delaware Indian River Inlet which will be my next post...

I am starting a new MEME called Saturday Critters..Saturday Morning 8am EST...join in on the party and post your cute critters.

As always, I hope you enjoy my post and thanks for visiting my blog. I always appreciate your comments.

Join in on the fun and for more wonderful photos please visit  Mosaic Monday and more
 from  Our World Tuesday

 Thanks to our host: Mary our host of Mosaic Monday and to the hosting group of Our World Tuesday: Arija, Gattina, Lady Fi, Sylvia, Sandy and Jennifer.  I wish everyone a happy week!

Assateague Island, Maryland

 I am linking up with   Mosaic Monday and Our World Tuesday

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

These shots are from last weekend's visit to Assateague Island National Seashore. Hubby and I  enjoyed our weekend away and I took lots of photos.

 Above is a scene from Assateague Island, the Assateague wild ponies, and a couple of Yellow Rump Warblers.

The Yellow Rump warblers were seen all over Assateague Island.

 Above is the larger shot of the Brant Geese.

 Above is a flock of Brant ( which are small geese) , another Yellow Rump Warbler and bottom right is a female Bufflehead.

I am not the best at id-ing gulls but I think this one is a Herring Gull. Larger in size than the Ring-billed Gull.

On the day before we were able to walk out on the boardwalk, on this morning the tide was high and water was up to the parking lot. 

These Ruddy ducks were a distance away so this shot is fuzzy from cropping. They are cute ducks with their stiff and raised tail feathers. The male has a white cheek and a blue bill. The female has a single dark stripe on its cheek.

 Above is a cropped shot of the female Ruddy duck.

Thanks for stopping by and of course I always appreciate your comments. Join in on the fun and for more wonderful photos please visit  Mosaic Monday and more from  Our World Tuesday
 Thanks to our host: Mary our host of Mosaic Monday and to the hosting group of Our World Tuesday: Arija, Gattina, Lady Fi, Sylvia, Sandy and Jennifer.  Thanks also for stopping by to see my post.  I wish everyone a happy week!

Assateague birds and critters

I am linking up with  Green Day and Camera Critters and I'd-Rather-B-Birdin.


I have been at work all week so these are more shots from our visit to Ocean City and Assateague Island National Seashore and beyond. The beyond is more from shots from the Delaware Indian River inlet. I did not have any target birds to see at either place I was just happy to be there.

A link to more Ocean City activities 22-reasons-to-visit-ocean-city-md

We saw our first of the year Long-tailed Ducks at the Indian River inlet. 

The Sanderlings were the first bird I saw on the beach at Assateague. The Sanderling on the front left looks cute, like he is marching along. I was happy to see a Gannet way out in the ocean with my binocs. We also saw a flock of Cormorants flying by, at least I think they were Cormorants.

The Assateague wild ponies are always a treat to see and they are the main attraction for most people that visit the park.

Above is one of the many Assateague wild ponies on the Maryland side of the island   It was my favorite horse, I believe it is a Pinto. 

I thought it was funny to see the horses standing in line for the restrooms. Looks like one just came out the other is waiting to go in.

A few more of the horses, in this shot you can make out someone's yellow/orange tent in the right side of the photo.

The horses are free to roam thru the national seashore in the shot above they are walking thru the campsites.There are signs around warning people that the horses are wild and not to be fed. Driving around the roads in Assateague I also saw and heard so many Yellow Rump Warblers.

I hope you enjoyed my visit to the ocean and Assateague Island National Seashore.

 To see more beautiful photos and cute critters please visit: Green Day  and Camera Critters and I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host Fiona of Green Day, Misty Dawn of Camera Critters and to Anni of I'd Rather-B-birdin.  Thanks for visiting my blog and post. I wish everyone a very safe and happy weekend.

Assateague sky

It's time for some of my favorites memes Skywatch Friday and  NF Winged and Watery Wednesday II.

These are some shots from our visit to the beach and to  Assateague Island National Seashore. After spending time In Ocean City and Delaware's Indian River Inlet we headed to Assateague so we could watch the sunset.

Ruddy Turnstones at the Indian River inlet.

Sunset at Assateague Island.

A pretty orange reflection.

After the sun had set, the sky was still filled with beautiful colors.



To see more beautiful photos and pretty skies please visit Skywatch Friday
and to see more of the winged critters check out NF Winged
And for some watery scenes check out Tricia's Watery Wednesday II

Thanks to Sylvia and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday! Thanks to the host of NF Winged. And thanks to Tricia the host of Watery Wednesday. Also, thank you for stopping by to see my post. I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.