Viewing nature with Eileen: Chestnut-sided Warbler

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Saturday, June 14, 2025

Saturday's Critters # 600

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

Tomorrow is Father's day, I wish all Fathers in blogland a very happy day!

Wow, 600 Saturday's Critters posts, thanks to all who participate and share their beautiful critters!

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1. April 27th, NCR rail to trail walk. I captured a Hawk flying over the trail. It was a pretty blue sky day.

2. April 28th, below are the spring blooms in our yard: the Columbine, Dogwood tree, Redbud tree, white Azaleas, Pink Azalea and light purple Creeping Phlox.

Miney on the fire road and a Pink Lady Slipper starting to bloom.

The Merlin list of birds I heard while taking Miney for a walk on the fire road.

3. April 29th, hubby and I went on a bird walk at the Cromwell Valley Park near Towson Md. I saw lots of Robins, the Gray Catbirds were calling and a Eastern Kingbird was perched near the parking lot.

Cromwell Valley Park is a great place to see the Baltimore Orioles. We saw a few and heard even more calling.

Here are lists of most of the birds we saw and heard at Cromwell Valley Park.

4. April 30th, my backyard birds are the Peacock on our deck railing and the pair of Bluebirds.

5. May 1st, a walk with Miney on our local fire road, I keep my Merlin App on listening to the birds while walking. The Yellow-breasted Chat is not often seen here, it is listed on the chart. Maybe it was flying over?

I look forward to seeing the Pink lady Slipper orchids growing along the local fire road. This plant had two blooms and was the first plant to bloom.

6. May 2nd, another walk and a different section of the NCR trail. There were some wildflowers blooming, my favorite are the wild pink azaleas. I am pretty sure the bird in the last row is a Northern Parula, I heard him calling.

Back at home I saw the Gray Catbird in the back yard, standing on the top of the Bluebird house.

7. Flashback images from June 2018 and our road trip to Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. I saw a few warblers while walking on the trails in the park. Below is the Chestnut-sided Warbler.

Below is the Yellow-rumped Warbler.

"The birds of hope are everywhere listen to them sing."

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Saturday, August 12, 2023

Saturday's Critters # 504

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Still behind sharing outings and photos, back on June 28-29th hubby and I visited the Shenandoah National Park, we were able to stay in one of the Big Meadows Cabins. It is nice to be right in the park early in the morning, It is a great time to see the early birds and lots of deer.

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1. Below deer seen from our hike on the Limberlost Trail, Eastern Bluebird were seen at the Big Meadows. Middle row: Song Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, Eastern Phoebe, cute fawn. Bottom Row: Eastern Towhee, male and female American Redstart and an Ovenbird with 2 juveniles.

2. This deer walked towards us while we were hiking on the Limberlost Trail.

3. A female Eastern Bluebird was seen from the Big Meadows trails.

4. At a distance we thought the red spots on this plant were berries but a closer looks the red spots were ladybugs.

5. Adult Ovenbird is feeding one of it's young, I noticed 4-5 of these birds hopping around on the ground looking for food.

6. The next morning before breakfast at the Big Meadows Lodge we took a short ride on the Skyline Drive. Looking for critters and birds.

Top row is a Cedar Waxwing, a family of deer, two bunnies. Middle row: more deer, Dark-eyed Junco, Hooded Warbler, White-breasted Nuthatch, Scarlet Tanager in tree, Chestnut-sided Warbler, adult Black and White Warbler feeding young and a Scarlet Tanger on the ground.

7. There was an early morning fog in the park, we were seeing a lot of deer this morning.

8. After breakfast and checking out of the lodge we slowly started home with a morning walk on the Limberlost Trail. It is a great trail for seeing the birds. I luck out seeing the Hooded Warbler.

9. The Black and White Warbler with it's young.

10. The Scarlet Tanager male was on the trail feeding another bird when we got close.

11. Now we are back on the Skyline Drive heading out the park, we made a stop at an overlook when this Chestnut-sided Warbler starting singing in a nearby tree.

12. Below are some of the wildflowers we saw in the park along the Skyline Drive and at the Big Meadows.

13. The Canadian Wildfires were causing hazy looking skies all the way down to Virginia and the Shenandoah National Park. The moon in the bottom left looked clearer than the sun that was setting.

I hope you enjoyed our visit to the park, the deer and birds, the skies and wildflowers.

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Saturday, September 22, 2018

Saturday's Critters #249

Welcome to Saturday's Critters !

Happy Autumn!

I had a few days around Sept 12th-14th seeing the fall warblers moving through my yard. I was happy to see them enjoying the berries on the devil's walking stick we planted years ago for the warblers. I took all these images from my dining room window so some images maybe fuzzy.

The Black-throated Blue Warbler is a beautiful bird.

The male Cape May Warbler has some bright yellow colors.

Top row are the male and female Cape May Warbler, bottom row is the Black-throated Blue Warbler and another Cape May Warbler seen with the Black-throated Blue Warbler.

This is either the female Cape May Warbler or a first year male?

Top left is the female or juvie Cape May Warbler and below to the right is the Black-throated Blue Warbler.

Black-throated Green Warbler.

This could be the female Scarlet Tanager or a first year juvenile Male?

The Worm-eating Warbler came to the deck and was watching a House Finch in the feeder right below.

I believe this one below is the Tennessee Warbler. First fall female or male?

Not sure if this is the Northern Parula, female or first fall? I've been fooled before with a Yellow-throated Vireo, so this one below is tricky for me.

The Chestnut-sided Warbler below has some pretty colors.

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Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Saturday's Critters #236

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

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On May 6th, I did a hike and some birding while my hubby was taking the Historic Tour in Mammoth Cave. I was able to capture some Warblers, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Thrushes, Northern Flicker, a Black Rat Snake and a Rough Green Snake.