Saturday's Critters # 650

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

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1. Hubby and I visited York Pennsylvania to see the Great Egret and Black-crowned Night Heron rookery. The tall pine trees are where the Egrets are nesting. 

Below is a view of the lake and the trees with the Great Egret rookery.

2. We watched some Great Egrets flying back and forth to their nest, they were still adding sticks and small branches to their nest. 

3. The nests must be close together in the photo below. 

4. A Great Egret carrying a twig back to the nest.

Great Egret surrounded by pine cones.  

5. Great Egret and a Slider Turtle. 

This Great Egret may have been looking for food or sticks on the ground. 

6. There is a small island in the middle of this lake, it where the Black-crowned Night Herons are nesting. 

I found maybe 6-8 Night Herons, their numbers here have gone down over the years.  

7. The Black-crowned Night Heron below looked pretty with the Redbud tree in the background. 

"Feeling ducky today."

8. At the lake there were plenty of Mallards and hybrid ducks, lots of people walking with their dogs or fishing.

The Mallard walked toward me, I think it was looking for food.  

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Saturday's Critters # 605

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

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1. May 25th, we've been visiting the York Pennsylvania Great Egret and Black-crowned Night Heron rookeries for years now.  It seems like the number of nests have gone down over the years.  It is still a treat to see these beautiful birds and their babies.  

2. I watched an Osprey circle the lake, it is neat to see it hovering trying to decide if it should dive for a fish. 

3. Below are a few of the Great Egrets perched on their nest high in the tree tops.

4. Some of the Great Egret chicks were getting big already. 

5. The Black-crowned Night Herons were nesting on a little island in the middle of the lake.  We saw a few adult Night Heron which are white and black and the juveniles look brownish. 

6. I believe these are Mallard hybrid ducks.  The ducklings were so cute. 

7. There were lots of Canada Geese families, the goslings were different sizes. I assume they grow fast. 

8. We saw a few Slider Turtles at the lake, some in the water and some sunning themselves.  

Bous Flashback photos: May 2023, Ireland, Alpacas at the Kerry Cliffs, Portmagee, Skellig Ring, Ireland 

Alpacas at the Kerry Cliffs, Portmagee, Skellig Ring, Ireland 

During an early morning walk in Doolin, I came across this White-throated Dipper in a small creek.

Update Wednesday July 16th on hubby: On Wednesday it was day 3 of Dialysis for hubby and then hopefully they will find what they call a community chair for outpatient dialysis. He seems to be more with it, a little weak. He still wants out. He does not like hospitals.

Update on Thursday July 17th, Hubby will have one more dialysis session at the hospital Saturday July 19th which is today and then next week he will start his sessions at a local outpatient center.

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Saturday's Critters # 571

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These photos are from August 22nd, day two at the Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware. This wildlife refuge always seems to have a great variety of birds to see. 

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1.Below are mostly Great Egrets, possible juvenile Little Blue Herons and a couple of American Avocets.

2. On the edge of the pond are a group of Mute Swans.

3.  I saw one Black-necked Stilt with a few Egrets.

4. Two Bald Eagles in the distance and closer to the drive was a group of Double-crested Cormorants and an Egret.

5. We saw the two Sandhill Cranes, these birds drew a lot of attention from birdwatchers and photographers.

Now there are 5 Sandhill Cranes being seen.

6. A Great Blue Heron looking beautiful. 

7. A fox was seen walking toward our car. I like it's shadow.

8. Near one of the ponds was a group of Black-crowned Night Herons, most of these looked like juveniles. There was one Green Heron hanging out on the top photo far left. 

9. How many night herons do you see below?

10. Here is a closeup of the Green Heron. 

11. An Osprey flew and landed very close to the Night Herons and the Green Heron. 

Further along the wildlife drive we saw a group of shorebirds and I believe there may be some Yellowlegs and American Black ducks in this group below. 

I hope you enjoyed my visit to the wildlife refuge. 

My most recently finished puzzle, I love these birds.

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Saturday's Critters # 527

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

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These photos are from our morning visit to the Edwin Forsythe NWR on day two of our little getaway to Atlantic City, New Jersey

1. Resting in the grass below are some Northern Pintails and below photos are a mixed of Pintails and Hooded Mergansers and a large group of Dunlins.

Below are a Northern Pintail, male and female Hooded Mergansers. 

Three Snow Geese floating in the water foraging for food.

Dunlins and gulls

Lots of waterfowl and shorebirds hanging out at this one pool area. 

I am guessing at the bird id below , the Dunlins have been listed in high numbers at this wildlife refuge.

The Snow Geese were seen flying in large groups all around the wildlife refuge.

There were 3 juvenile Black-crowned Night Herons hanging out below.

Can you find the 3 Black-crowned Night Herons below?

A pretty Great Egret seen near the Great Blue Heron. 

This is the end of our visit to Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey. It is a great refuge to see the winter ducks, snow geese and shorebirds. 

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