Saturday's Critters # 658

    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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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.  

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Saturday's Critters # 645

  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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I am sharing a mish-mash of photos, my back yard birds and our dog Miney, the neighborhood Peacock, views from the fire road walks and the bike trail walk. I can hear a FOY Eastern Phoebe calling in my yard too, no photos yet. 

1. At this time our weather was finally warming up some, Spring still seems far off, the scenery of bare trees and fallen leaves on the fire road walk with Miney. The Prettyboy reservoir is still low due to the drought. 

2. On some of our busier days, I just take Miney for a walk up and down our street.  She is happy still lots of smells around. 

3. My backyard birds, are the Blue Jay and the Cardinals. They are always looking for the peanut nuggets. 

4. At the NCR trail, the sled dogs are finished their run and getting ready to go back into their transport vehicle. 

5. Scenes from our walk on the NCR Bike trail. The sled dogs were packing up to go home, we saw some icicles hanging off a boulder along the trails. Our weather has up and down like a yo-yo, warms days and still some very cold days.

6. There were lots of Canada Geese hanging out on the Friendly Farm Ponds. There were some ducks but too far away to see which species. 

7. The Peacock will come up on our deck sometimes, looking for food or just to hang out. 

8. The male Pine Warbler has found my feeders. I've been hearing them calling a lot lately.  They are breeding in the forest around our home. 

9. The tarp covering our wood piles gets blown around in the high winds we were having.  The Peacock loves to sit on the wood pile. 

Bonus image, one of our birthday gifts to the grandsons was a little jeep they could ride in. I think they love it. It is an outside ride, but my son just put it together. 

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.

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Saturday's Critters # 643

   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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1. Hubby and I went out for a walk, we decided to drive by the Friendly Farms Ponds to see if there were some ducks.  I saw a few Bufflehead and there were more Ring-necked Ducks seen below in the mosaic. 

2. Below are a few Bufflehead, they have white below and a white patch on their heads with black on the back. 

3. Below are some Ring-necked Ducks with a male Bufflehead. 

These ducks are the Ring-necked Ducks. They have white ring on the bill. 

4. These images are from our 2 miles roundtrip hike to the Prettyboy lake. I  could hear the Canada Geese soon after we started walking. I was surprised to see a large flock of Tundra Swans, various ducks and a Horned Grebe. 

My Merlin App captured birds along the fire road to the lake. 

5.There was a layer of fog hanging right above the water.  

6. The largest count of birds were the Canada Geese, they were spread out all around the lake shore and on the lake.  

7. The fog was not the greatest for taking photos of the lake, the geese and swans. 

8. A pair of Bald Eagles were sitting in their usual tree above the water.  

Below are large groups of Canada Geese and Tundra Swans. 

 

On the lake I found a Horned Grebe.

We drove around the lake stopping at the dam and I found a small group of Common Mergansers.  The Males are a pretty white bottom with a green head. 

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 Monday!

 Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"Nature is the greatest place to heal and recharge."

"Nature is not a place to visit, it is home."

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

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Saturday's Critters # 607

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

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Happy August, wishing everyone a great month!

Here I am chugging along, sharing photos from June. The photos are from my yard, our walks with Miney on the Prettyboy fire roads. Hubby's treatment is going well, it is something he will have to do for the rest of his life or try for the kidney transplant list which can take up to 5 years. 

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1. June 7th, Miney on the fire road. I hear the Ovenbirds during all my walks, they have a really loud sound. 

I noticed on my walks, I hear the same birds in almost the same spot as previous walks.  The Worm-eating Warbler is one that seems to stay in an area off of the fire road that is steep hill. 

2. We bought some annuals for our deck, below are Honeybells a new plant for me, the Lantana and two different colors of Zinnias. I was happy to see a hummingbird at the Lantana. 

"Let the birds of peace, fly around."

3. June 8th, a walk to the lake, we saw lots of Canada Geese and a couple of Double-crested Cormorants. 

We have a Spirea bush in our yard, over the years it has grown really big. This year it had lots of pretty blooms. 

4. June 10th, Miney decided she wanted to walk through the ferns off to the side of the fire road. 

5. June 14th, a couple of the birds heard on my walk were the Hooded Warbler top left and the Pine Warbler top right.  

At this time in mid June I was hearing the Cedar Waxwings while I was out on fire road. 

6. June 15th, another walk on the local fire road with Miney, at home there was a deer on the neighbors driveway. 

7. June 17th, a walk with Miney we saw a lot of Indian Pipe also known as Ghost Pipe. It is not a mushroom but a unique flowering plant. It does get it's nutrients from fungi and thrives in shady wooded areas.

8. My flashback images are from August 2022, a common bird seen year round, in and around my yard is the Tufted Titmouse. 

This Tufted Titmouse could be sunning themselves or anting. Both are consider maintenance for their feathers.

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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