Saturday's Critters # 660

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

Lately I am sharing a mish-mash of photos from my back yard and my walks with Miney and Hubby. 

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1. The American Goldfinches one of my regular back yard bird visiting the thistle feeder.  

Below a female Goldfinch, waiting for her turn on the feeder. 

2. The Red-bellied Woodpecker, lately I have been watching a family of four of these birds coming and going to my feeder. They love the little peanut suet balls.

The Gray Squirrels will take over my feeders and empty the bird feeders in the blink of an eye. 

A juvenile Red-bellied Woodpecker, one of the family of 4 I have been seeing on my deck.  

3. A walk with Miney and hubby on the NCR bike trail in Parkton Md. I like seeing the Bee Balm blooming at the start of our walk. Along the trail we had 3 sightings of deer, luckily Miney only saw one. I think Miney would chase them if she could. I did see one Great Blue Heron, standing in the river it was mostly hidden by some tree branches. 

One of the deer we saw off the NCR bike trail.

4. On the drive home from the walk, I had to stop the car and let this group of Canada Geese cross the road.

5. A walk with Miney on the local Prettyboy fire road. 

The Merlin app picked the Ovenbird as my bird of the day, you can see above and my Ovenbird collage below.  They are breeders in the Prettyboy watershed area around our neighborhood.

This downed tree was my turn around spot and head home.

6. Back at home after our walk, I captured a male Eastern Bluebird standing on top of one of our birdhouses.  I think the couple has started on a new nest.

Some of the flowers on our deck, they attract the hummingbirds and butterflies.

"Make the present moment into the most wonderful moment of your life."

7. Another walk with Miney on the local fire road at Prettyboy. 

I hope you enjoyed coming along on my walks and the birds and critters I am sharing today. 

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Saturday's Critters # 646

   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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1. Miney love the walks and the warmer weather.

2. A mosaic sharing my yard birds, the Carolina Wren, and the Bluebird couple. 

The Carolina Wren is singing loudly.  

The male Bluebird is so pretty!

3. He showed off the colors on his back and his chest. 

The female sits nearby, looking pretty too.

4. A quick walk with Miney up and down our street, these were some of the birds I could hear.

Lunch visit with son, DIL and grand-kiddies and Winnie the Corgi.

It was nice to finally see our Daffodils blooming.

5. Hubby enjoys a walk with Miney on the fire road, it is good for him to get outdoors walking.

6. On the dialysis days, it is usually just me and Miney taking a walk on the local fire road. The trees were still bare at this time, you can see the lake through the trees.  The trees are starting to get the reddish buds. 

Birds heard at Prettyboy on the Merlin App.

7. The Peacock was sitting in a tree in the back of our yard.  He was showing off his pretty tail feathers. 

8. We must have had a bear visit early on this day, my bird feeder made of metal was bent and twisted. I found the bent feeder on the ground at the bottom of our deck steps. Miney could smell the bear, her hair was standing up and she was barking crazy. I did not actually see the bear but we have had them visited our yard last year. 

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 # 639

 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

I am sharing recent back yard birds and critters and some critters seen in various national parks are from my archives.

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1. The Eastern Blue Bird has always been a favorite of mine, I love to see them visiting my yard.  It would be great to see them using my birdhouses for their nest. 

2. Below are two frequent visitors, the White-throated Sparrow and a Gray Squirrel. 

3. Blue Jays are another common bird visiting my yard, sorry about the photo quality, it was taken through a kitchen window. 

4. From my archives I am sharing some critters from our visits to various national parks. Below are some Elk seen in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 

5. Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons are two of my favorite parks.  There were always critters to be seen. Below is a bull moose, seen off the Heron Pond and Swan Lake loop. The moose below was wearing a tracking collar, there was also a female moose and an elk standing nearby. 

The Buffalo at Yellowstone were plentiful.  It was nice to see the cute calves.  

We watched this Grizzly Bear not far from the Jackson Lake Lodge in the Grand Tetons National Park. 

6. Seen in the Rocky Mountain National Park we watched a mama moose with a calf.  

7. Everglades National Park, a great park to see critters and lots of birds.  

Near the Flamingo marina, Everglades National Park we saw the Crocodile. It is the only place were the Crocodiles and Alligators coexist. The American Crocodile has a v-shaped snout and the Alligators seen in the photo above have a u-shaped snout.  

The Manatees were also seen at the Everglades National Park Flamingo marina area.  

8. Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive.  It was always a treat to see a Black Bear during our visits to Shenandoah National Park. The mosaic below and next few photos are all from Shenandoah National Park. 

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 # 606

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!

I am continuing with a mish-mash of photos from the end of May and beginning of June. 

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1. May 26th,  Pretty Dam and reservoir, a good spot to watch the Cliff Swallows that nest on the dam. 

A walk with Miney on the Prettyboy fire road. A nice day for a walk, it was a pretty sky day. 

2. May 29th, another local fire road walk to the lake with Miney. As usual I hear more birds than I can see, I did find an Ovenbird. The photo is blurry but you can see the black stripes on the bird's head. 

3. Below are a few mosaics from May 30th, first are images of our walk with Miney on the NCR trail. The Mountain Laurels were blooming nicely. We saw a White-tailed Deer across the river. 

Back in the yard, the Eastern Bluebirds were coming and going from the birdhouse.

A Great-crested Flycatcher perched on our deck railing and posed for some photos.

4. June 1st, another day and another walk with Miney.  The peacock still comes for visits. This time he was hanging outside our basement door.  

June 1st, the Peacock found a spot by our basement door, Miney can not see him there so the bird feels safe.  

5. June 2nd, to keep a record of my backyard birds. I am sharing photos of an Eastern Kingbird, I am not sure what is in it's beak. The photos are not so good taken from a bedroom window.

6. June 3rd, Another walk on the local NCR bike trail with Miney. We saw a deer on the trail, luckily Miney did not see it, she pulls hard when she sees other critters. I captured one of two Damselflies hanging out near a picnic bench. A Black Rat snake was hanging on a fence over the creek and an American Goldfinch was perched high in a tree. 

The Merlin App from our NCR trail walk, I was surprised it picked up a Green Heron.  I have seen the Green Herons around the trail and bridge. 

Miney on the bike trail, she gets excited to see people and other dogs or wild critters on the trail.  

7. Flashback photos from our Ireland trip May 2023. The Eurasian Robin was one of my favorite Ireland birds.

Another sighting of my favorite Ireland bird the Robin was found on the grounds of the Kilkenny Castle.

Seeing sheep was a common sight while driving around the Ireland countryside. 

Update on hubby: Thanks so much for the kind words and healing prayers. On July 21st, hubby had his 1st visit with the home therapy. On July 22nd,  was his first session of outpatient dialysis. He seems to have his appetite back, he lost a lot of weight while he was in the hospital. He will be on a renal diet, I am sure he will not like it but I will be watching him closely. 

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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