Saturday's Critters # 386

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms!!   😊

 

 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 seeing and hearing about the spring birds and migrants moving around I try to get out to do some birding at our local parks and my favorite parks.  On this day, hubby and I took a loop walk around Hashawha Nature Center. These are some photos from our walk. 

1. Below are the Brown Thrasher, Eastern Bluebird, Chipping Sparrows, Northern Cardinal and a Song Sparrow. 

2. At the raptor center, they have a male and female Barred Owl, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawks and a Great Horned Owl.

3. As the day warmed up, we saw lots of turtles. They could be the Eastern Painted Turtle. The Red-eared Sliders are being seen in Maryland after people have released unwanted pets into the wild.

4. Various scenes from our walk, the pond and Hashawha Lake.

5. Hellebore, Bluebells, some unknown wildflowers and the Bloodroot. 

6.  The male Eastern Bluebird, I wish the twig was not in front of his face.  They are a common bird seen at the park, there are a lot of bird houses set up for the bluebirds to use.  

7. These Painted Turtles were seen sunning along the lake shore. 

I am also linking up to Anni's blog party found here I'd Rather B Birding   Anni always has some beautiful birds to be seen on her blog, check it out!

 Thanks to all my visitors and for your comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves critters and has linked up their critter post. 

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Saturday's Critters #346

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!


Happy Saturday! Have a happy weekend!


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!


These are photos from the Blackwater Wildlife Refuge, the critters were all seen from the car..

Feed me, Mama Osprey and  youngster.

 Great Egret and a Great Blue Heron.

 Below, I believe are 5 of the Eastern Painted Turtles, they have the bright yellow spots near the eyes and the yellow stripes along the jaw line. They are found in fresh and brackish water. 

 This (Black Rat ) snake was crossing wildlife drive, I stopped the car and waited for it to go into the grass.

 A cute bunny next to the drive.

 Ospreys and their nest were a common sight at the Blackwater NWR.

Thanks to all my visitors and for all the wonderful comments.  Stop back for any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves critters and has linked up their critter post.


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Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the host Anni.

Our World, My World

 Hello, everyone!

I hope everyone is doing well, hanging in there and staying safe.
We are trying to enjoy doing our favorite things, like taking walks and for me bird watching. I think my hubby is able to identify more birds now, maybe my bird watching addiction hobby is contagious.  I am sharing some scenic and of course some bird photos from our recent visit to Blackwater NWR in Cambridge Maryland.  

These photos were all taken from my car window. 

Photos from the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge Maryland.  We saw Ospreys, Eastern Painted Turtle, Great Blue Herons, Swallows and the American Avocets.

The American Avocets, males with their orange or rusty colored head and curved bill.

 Great Egret, they are always nice to see. Very elegant and pretty!

A White-tailed Deer seen along side the drive. 

The Osprey nest were all over the place, we did see a few Bald Eagles too.

 Queen Anne's Lace and Trumpet Vine was seen along the side of the wildlife drive. 

Not sure if you can see it, but I stopped the car for a black rat snake in the road, it went off into the grass.  

Below are the Great Blue Heron, Eastern Kingbird, Osprey on nest and lower right are the Great Egret and another Great Blue Heron. 

I know I am repeating myself here, but we are still staying safe. Wearing our  mask and keeping our social distance.  Maryland is seeing a slight increase of positive cases. There will be no traveling out of the state, maybe it is for the best now. The COVID cases are going up even higher and faster in some states.  It seems like  COVID has no end.  My thanks and prayers for all the health care workers and essential workers still risking their health.  I hope everyone stays safe, happy and healthy.  




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Thanks to Angie the host of  Mosaic Monday

Thanks to LadyFi  the host of Our World Tuesday!

Thanks for visiting and commenting, have a happy day and a great new week!

Weekend Walk_Sept 21

  I am linking up with   Mosaic Monday and Our World Tuesday 

 For this week's post I am sharing some scenes from last weekend's  walk at the Hashawha Nature Center.. It is a local park with some great trails and usually lots of birds to see.  I believe someone ask me in a previous Hashawha post what was the meaning of the name.. Hashawha is a Native American term meaning "old fields".  Hashawha is a participant in Program Open Space, Maryland Acres for Wildlife and is a registered tree farm. A restored wetland with a boardwalk is open to the public for recreational purposes.

A Belted Kingfisher and a Green Heron were the highlights of the bird sightings..

The Green Heron looking fluffy and maybe wet, it preened for quite a while.

The dragonfly looks like a Blue Darter,  a view of the wetlands and an Eastern Painted Turtle.

The Clouded Sulfur and various wildflowers seen during our Hashawha walk.

A pretty Clouded Sulfur..


I hope everyone enjoyed my weekend walk and photos..

As always I thank you in advance for stopping by and for the nice comments.

I hope you can join in on our at  Mosaic Monday and   Our World Tuesday

 Thanks to Judith our new host of Mosaic Monday and to the hosting group of Our World Tuesday: Arija, Gattina, Lady Fi, Sylvia, Sandy and Jennifer.  I wish everyone a happy week ahead!