Saturday's Critters # 652

   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

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This post continues with our little getaway to the Eastern shore of Maryland, we stopped on the way home at the Blackwater Wildlife Refuge.  We saw so many birds, Eagles and Osprey were plentiful. There were Egrets, Herons, Red-headed Woodpecker, Brown-headed Nuthatches, various shorebirds and gulls. 

1. Below are an Osprey couple, one Osprey  eating a fish perched on the side of the nest.  

My Merlin App showed just some of the birds seen and heard at the Blackwater wildlife refuge in Cambridge Maryland. 

2. Seen below are the Brown-headed Nuthatch top left and the Eastern Bluebird top right. Bottom left is the red-headed Woodpecker and a Killdeer on the right. 

3. We saw some Great Egrets hanging about in the wetlands. 

The Great Blue Herons are a common sight to see along the wildlife drive. 

4. My Merlin App picked up both the Lesser Yellowlegs and the Greater Yellowlegs. 

5. The Ospreys and Eagle sightings were plentiful.  I think both the Ospreys and the Eagles are impressive beautiful birds.  

6. There were two Eaglets in the nest, this photo is heavily cropped.

7. This pair of Eagles posed in a pine tree that was next to the wildlife drive. 

8. The sun was reflecting on the Glossy Ibis

A Killdeer with two chicks at the visitor center. 

Killdeer chick looked cute, it was seen on the visitor center parking lot. 

I hope you enjoyed my bird sightings at the Blackwater Wildlife refuge, these photos were all taken from my car window. My reason for not being perfect photos.  

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Saturday's Critters # 647

 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 Mother's Day to all Moms!  My wish includes all the furbaby Moms too.

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1. On the NCR bike trail, hubby, Miney and I had a nice day for a walk.  We was able to captures the female Eastern Towhee and the Eastern Phoebe perched along the trail.  

A closer look at the female Eastern Towhee, she is a beauty. The female has a brown head, back and throat, rusty sides and a white belly. 

Back at home in the back yard, is the Peacock perched on the swing. 

2. Below the Conowingo Dam, the Bald Eagles were plentiful. 

Along the Susquehanna River trail, we saw lots of wildflowers. Top left are the Dutchman's Breeches, top right Yellow Woodland Anemone, bottom two are Bluebells just starting to open. 

We saw lots of the trout lilies. They are one of my favorites, they are a beautiful to see. 

3. On the island in the middle of the Susquehanna River there is a Great Blue Heron rookery. 

Below the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River, we saw lots of Bald Eagles. They stop to eat some fish on their migration north.  I counted five adult Eagles and two juvenile Eagles perched on top of rock in the background.

4. Codorus Reservoir, Hanover Pennsylvania. We had some extra time before meeting the family for lunch, we stopped for some views of the lake.  

Bonus, we met up with my son and his family and my sister and her hubby on Easter Saturday. It was a dialysis morning, but we were able to meet for lunch. Hubby enjoys moments with the grandchildren, like a hug from our granddaughter Sophie.

We gave the grandkiddies their Easter baskets early, they all enjoyed the baskets, especially the bubble makers. It was a Happy Easter. 

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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Saturday's Critters # 516

Welcome to Saturday 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!

I am sharing a variety of photos, some from our yard, our neighborhood walk on the fire roads and to our local Prettyboy Reservoir.  There are some photos from our outing to Conowingo Dam and the Susquehanna River State Park and more from the local NCR bike trail. BTW, my header photo now shows a view of neighborhood Prettyboy reservoir and the Prettyboy watershed. 

1. Sept 17th, usually I see various species of Warblers in September they love to eat the berries from the Devil's Walking Stick plants in our yard.   This year I am not see as many different species as in previous years,  that can not be a good thing. I did see the male and female Black-throated Blue Warblers but I was not able to get their photos. The Cape May Warblers and a few Tennessee Warbler pictured in the mosaic below. 

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2. Sept 19th, more images of the Tennessee Warbler and the Cape May Warblers. 

3. Sept 19th, another walk to the local reservoir. Again I am seeing the same Great Blue Herons, Belted Kingfishers, Solitary Sandpipers, unknown raptor standing in the mud, more images of the Sandpipers, Great Blue Heron and the Green Heron.

4. Sept 30th,  in my yard is a Northern Mockingbird enjoying the Devils Walking Stick berries.  

On the same day as above, these our the birds seen during our walk to the lake. Below are the Canada Geese, Solitary Sandpipers, Belted Kingfisher, Double-crested Cormorant and the Great Blue Heron.

5. Oct 1st, the Blue Jays are sitting in our rhododendron bush outside the den window.  Some times they are attacking the window or just sitting there fussing loudly. 

On the same day as above our walk was at the NCR Bike trail, we saw some fall flowers looking beautiful and some colorful leaves and berries.  I heard more birds than I actually saw, the birds were hiding from me.  

6. Oct 3rd, we drove to the Conowingo Dam and the Susquehanna River State Park.  Below are the Bald Eagles seen around the dam and on the towers. We also saw lots of Great Blue Herons, some Double-crested Cormorants, Vultures and Pigeons.

We drove a little further, and took a walk at the Susquehanna River State Park trail.  Views of the river and bridge, mushrooms, the Rock Run Gristmill, Great Blue Heron and more Cormorants. 

We enjoyed our lunch at the picnic area and then tried to walk (the little trail was overgrown with weeds) around the nearby pond.  Here I was able to see some Eastern Bluebirds, Mallards and some Wood Ducks. 

7. Oct 4th, another walk to our local Prettyboy reservoir. The lake water level is still very low. We need more rain.  In the mosaic below are views of the reservoir, fungi, a Great Blue Heron and the Solitary Sandpipers are still hanging around and we saw a small group of Killdeer. 

It looks like I am staying behind sharing my photos, almost a month behind and I have one more day from our Ireland trip to share.  

I will be away from my computer for a few days after Saturday, just a heads up I will be late commenting.

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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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Saturday's Critters # 387

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!

Since, I am only posting once a week I am behind in sharing photos. On this day April 19th, hubby and I took a walk at the Susquehanna River State Park and at the Conowingo Dam. We had wonderful sightings of the Bluebells and various wildflowers blooming. Amazing numbers of Bald Eagles seen up and down the river, Great Blue Herons at the rookery and what must have been thousands of Double-crested Cormorants. 

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1. A Bald Eagle mosaic, these are all different Eagles seen in different spots along the river and near the dam.

2.  Two Bald Eagles sitting in a tree. 

3. The Bald Eagles were up and down the river, a scene we usually see in November when the Eagles are migrating. In this one photo I counted 20 Bald Eagles.  How many Eagles can you find? 

4.  This is the  same photo as above but I drew a line near some of the Eagles I found. In some spots there were 2-3 Bald Eagle together, I counted at least 20 there could be more.  I think on this day there could have been 100 Bald Eagles.  

5. Below are 2 adult Bald Eagles and one Juvenile below on the rock. 

6.  Juvenile Bald Eagle watching a few other adult Bald Eagles near by.  

7. Two Great Blue Herons, three adult Bald Eagles, one juvenile Bald Eagle on the top right and a few Double-crested Cormorants. 

8. The Bald Eagles were perched on rocks below the dam, along with the Great Blue Herons, Pigeons and the Double-crested Cormorants.

9. A pair of Bald Eagle nesting on the tower at the river.

10.  Another Bald Eagle in a tree above the trail.

Another post, I will share more of the other birds we saw at the river. We saw  Osprey, Great Blue Herons and the Double-crested Cormorants. The wildflowers were beautiful.

 I am also linking up to Anni's blog party found here I'd Rather B Birding   Anni always has some beautiful birds to be seen on her blog, check it out!

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