Saturday's Critters # 663

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

My mish mash of photos and wildlife from my walks and my back yard. Current news my hubby has been seeing lots of doctors and having many tests, all required to be put on the list for a kidney transplant. It has been a busy week with lots of appointments. 

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1. The three images below are of my Merlin Back yard birds, I included a few of my bird photos. The Baltimore Oriole, the Blue Jay and the House Wren. 

These Merlin birds ( list above and below) were heard from my deck, early in the morning.  

2. My walk with Miney at the Prettyboy watershed. During my walk I tend to hear the same birds in the same areas. 

3. Merlin Birds heard on my walk with Miney on the Prettyboy fire road.  I do not hear as many birds mid-day as I do early in the morning.  My daily walk with Miney on hubby's dialysis days are later. 

The Carolina Chickadee is another year round back yard bird for me. They have a cute sound.

4. My walk with Miney on the Prettyboy fire road. 

The White-breasted Nuthatch is one of my year round back yard birds. 

Our deck flowers are looking good, we do have to keep watering them, we keep missing rain in our area. I have Zinnias, Salvia and my favorite Lantana. The hummingbirds and butterflies love all these plants.

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 # 656

  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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My usual walks with hubby and Miney. Walks were at the local Prettyboy fire roads, the NCR bike trail and some images are from my back yard. 

1. Our local Prettyboy Reservoir is said to be down 6 feet, water levels so low Miney and I could walk on the shoreline. 

Blooms in the Prettyboy watershed are the Mountain Laurels and the Big Leaf Magnolia blooms. 

2.  One nice sunny day I saw lots of the slider turtles sitting out on the logs in the water. Some looked like tiny baby turtles. 

These images are from the front section of the Prettyboy Reservoir, some wildflowers included Spiderwort. Again you can see how low the water levels are at the Prettyboy Reservoir. 

Below are some Killdeer, not the best photo, it is heavily cropped. 

"Birds are little miracles."

3. A Downy Woodpecker looked like it was too hot. One of our hotter Spring days. It was in the 90's. I have a big bird bath filled with water on my deck. 

The Purple Clematis blooms are looking pretty. 

4. Our walk with Hubby and Miney on the NCR bike trail. Some wildflowers and a tiny frog and more Mountain Laurels. 

Bird heard along the NCR Bile trail. 

5. May 22nd, we enjoyed seeing Wyatt graduate pre-school and he will be going to Kindergarten in the fall. Mason will move up to his last year of pre-school in the fall. Sophie has to wait one more year before starting pre-school. 

6. A walk with Miney on our local fire road. Miney does not mind stopping and listening for the birds. 

"Wherever there are birds, there is hope."

The Ovenbirds are a common bird in my area and around the Prettyboy watershed.  Here is a link to Cornell's website sharing the  sounds of the Ovenbird

7. Almost home from my Walmart shop, I was stuck behind this Amish buggy. We are starting to see more of these horse and buggies in our area.  I think the Amish have bought up some old big farms in the area. I rather see the farm land being used as farms then turned into housing developments. Some local farm land has turned into solar panel farms.

8. Along our driveway, there are multiple species of clematis growing. I see there is some honeysuckle trying to take over.  

Another local walk with Miney, growing along the fire road are lots of ferns,  Mountain Laurels and the Big leaf Magnolia trees.  

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 # 635

  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!

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

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Woodpeckers are one of my many favorite bird species. I have seen many around my neighborhood, state and the country. 

The Red-headed Woodpecker

The Acorn Woodpecker seen in Arizona

The Arizona Woodpecker 

The female Red-bellied Woodpecker seen on my deck railing.

The male Red-bellied Woodpecker, one of my favorite yard birds. 

The Hairy Woodpecker, is a bigger bird with a larger size beak. 

A Downy woodpecker on the left and a Hairy Woodpecker on the right.

Incoming a Red-bellied Woodpecker with a Downy Woodpecker on the feeder. 

The Northern Flicker, looks pretty with it's speckled chest. 

In another post I will share more woodpeckers from my travels to Costa Rica, Belize and Panama and various Sapsuckers. 

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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