Saturday's Critters # 606

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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. 

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Saturday's Critters # 515

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Wishing everyone a Happy Halloween!  🎃😱👻🎃

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May 15th, I almost forgot I did not share the last two days of our trip to Ireland. On this day we visited the Cahir Castle, the Rock of Cashel and drove on to our next stop in the town of Kilkenny. 

1.   Cahir Castle, located in the Tipperary County of Ireland. It is in the Cahir town center and sits on a rocky island in the River Suir. The castle dates back to the 13th century. When Lord Cahir died the castle became the property of the Irish state and named a national monument. 

2. Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail and the Cahir Geese that hang out on the River Suir next to the Cahir Castle walls. 

3. A gaggle of Domestic Geese have become famous in the town of Cahir, seen on and around the Castle grounds. 

4.  Rock of Cashel located in Cashel, Tipperary County Ireland. It is a complex of buildings dated from 12th and 13 centuries. 

5. Views of the countryside surrounding the Rock of Cashel, herds of cattle near the Hore Abbey, Pigeons and I believe the last two images on the right below are of a Raven. 

6.  Hore Abbey is seen from the Rock of Cashel complex. The former Benedictine Abbey was given to the Cistercians in 1270. Now known as the ruins of a Cistercian Monastery.  A herd of cattle are seen on the grounds around the Abbey in the photo below. 

7.  The River Nore and the Kilkenny Castle. 

8. The River Nore runs next to the Kilkenny Castle. There was a nice trail next to the river we saw lots of Pigeons, Mallard Ducks, Grey Heron and a female Blackbird. 

9. Below on the shore of the River Nore are the Pigeons, Hooded Crows and Mallard Ducks. 

Edit: Thanks to Margaret, the birds below are Jackdaws and not the Hooded Crows. 

10.  On the morning of May 16th, we had time to take a early walk along the River Nore and a walk on the ground of the Kilkenny Castle. In my mosaic below are views of the Kilkenny Castle walls next to the river, castle and park land, cute doggie, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Wren, Eurasian Robin and a female Blackbird. 

11. The view of the Kilkenny Castle, we did not have time for a castle tour but we did walk around the grounds outside.  

12. From our walk on the castle grounds and river trail I did find a few birds, below is the Eurasian Robin.

13.  Also on the trail we found the cute Eurasian Wren.  

I hope you enjoyed these Ireland trip photos. Happy memories of our trip and travels. 

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Saturday's Critters # 501

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

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May 10th and 11th, I am still making my way through the Ireland photos. 

1. The scenic views and stops were at Galway and on the road to Doolin.  Grey Heron, lots of gulls along the river wall, a Galway street scene, more gulls and Mute Swans on the river bank. 

2. The Grey Heron, it looks very similar to our Great Blue Heron. 

3. Mute Swans were seen all around during our travels. 

4. There were lots of Gulls and Mute Swans along the river bank in Galway. 

5.  Some of the wildflowers seen on the Burrens.

6. I believe this is a Meadow Pipit, there were fields around the back of our lodging and along the road.  As always I hear more birds than I actually see. 

7. The view outside our room for the night in Doolin.

 

8. Hubby and I were in the habit of taking an early morning walk before breakfast and before the tour started for the day. These are the early morning birds I saw in Doolin, the Pied Wagtail, Eurasian Robin, White-throated Dipper, Jackdaw, Rook and the House Sparrows. 

Two Jackdaws on a Doolin rooftop. The jackdaw is smaller than the Crows and has a black crown, wings and tail and paler plumage on the rest of the body. 

9. I was able to watch this White-throated Dipper for awhile, it looks like it found breakfast. 

I enjoyed seeing all the scenery and the birds in Ireland. Each day was a new experience, so much to see.

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Saturday's Critters # 498

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Hello and happy Saturday! Happy 4th of July weekend! 

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1. May 9th-10th, nearing the end of our time in Clifden. On this day we stopped at various places, the Connemara National Park. We had time to check out the park's visitor center, we hiked in the rain on the nature trail past a few waterfalls, we saw lots of wild garlic, bluebells and the Pied Wagtail.

2. Next we were at the Kylemore Abbbey and Gardens, a small bus took us to the near by gardens. We spent some time walking around the garden paths. 

3.  Kylemore Abbey tour, a beautiful setting with the lake in front and mountains behind the Abbey. 

4.  Kylemore Abbey Chapel and nature trail, we spent enough time here we had a nice lunch in the cafe and a walk on the nature trail and time to check out the chapel. I heard more birds than I could see along this nature trail.

5.  My first sighting of a Dunnock, seen on the grounds of the Kylemore Abbey. We lucked out with the sunshine on this day.  

6. This Eurasian Robin landed on a picnic table next to my hubby.

7. Back on the road, the sheep were on the wrong side of the fence. 

May 10th , next we were driving along on the Wild Atlantic Way heading to Galway and our Doolin B&B called Churchfield.  More Ireland scenes, birds and photos coming soon.

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Saturday's Critters # 496

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!

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May 8-9th, Ireland continued, this day we left Westport, stops along the way at the holy mountain Croagh Patrick and St. Patrick statue overlook, the Great Famine sculpture and arriving later in the day in the town of Clifden. 

1. Croagh Patrick is name of a religious site and mountain in the Republic of Ireland, we walked up the trail just as far as the statue of Saint Patrick, Eurasian Robin, invasive fuchsia, Great Famine Monument, cows, Murrisk Abbey, Barn Swallow and more cows. 

The striking coffin ship, emigrants fleeing the famine.

2. The Eurasian Robin was one of my favorites birds to see in Ireland.  They are so darn cute! 

3. The Barn Swallows were flying around the  Murrisk Abbey, there was a cow farm right next door to the ruins. 

4.  The cows were a friendly bunch of critters, some walked over close to the fence. 

5. Love this cute face, I think he/she wanted a treat.  

6. These are some scenes taken during a walk from our Clifden hotel. There was a pretty cascade, the Chaffinch was hanging around the water, a sweet lamb and sheep and horse on the hill, some wildflowers.

7. A pretty male Chaffinch.  

8. The little lamb was adorable, I love the black face and legs.

9. Sheep on a hill with trees leaning to the side, possibly from the wind.

10. The horse was in the same field with the sheep above. 

11. This bird kind of gets lost standing on the rocks with leaves hanging down around it, I am sure it is a Grey Wagtail. 

 

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