Saturday's Critters # 601

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

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Happy Summer everyone! Our first week of summer is supposed to be really hot and humid.

My critter post is a mish mash of birds and of course our dog Miney, there may be a bonus image thrown in and some flashback photos.

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"My favorite weather is bird chirping weather."

1. May 3rd, the Peacock was sitting in a tree in the back part of our yard.  

I took Miney for a walk on the local fire road.  

A bonus image from our visit and lunch with our son and family, it is always a joy to spend time with our grandchildren. They are growing so fast. 

2. May 5th, we took Miney for a walk along George's Creek. 

Foraging among the rocks in the creek, I found two Sandpipers, the Spotted Sandpiper and possibly a Solitary Sandpiper on the top row. 

On a parking lot near the boat dock I found a family of Canada Geese, the gosling is adorable. 

3. May 6th,  We walked on a different section of the NCR trail, I captured an Indigo Bunting in awful lighting. It is was nice to see some wildflowers and the wild azaleas blooming. 

My Merlin app for our walk on the NCR trail, I heard a lot of great birds some new summer birds have returned. Most of the birds listed are either breeders in our area or they are moving through, more north of us. 

Most of these bird sounds I can recognize before the app announces them. On the list below is a winter bird in our area the Brown Creeper, maybe he has not headed north yet? 

I have have become better at iding the Baltimore Oriole sounds and have been hearing them on every one of our walks lately. 

4. May 7th, another walk with Miney to the front section of the lake. I saw three Double-crested Cormorants, I heard more birds than I actually saw. I did get a glimpse of an Osprey flying away. 

5. May 8th, below on the top row is the Gray Catbird and the Eastern Bluebird in my yard. The rhododendron is growing next to our house and driveway. It has lots of beautiful blooms.

6. May 8th, we enjoy our walks with Miney on this day we took a walk to the lake. I am into a routine of using the Merlin App to see what birds are around my area. 

7. May 8th, below are two larger images of the Eastern Wood Pewee and the Scarlet Tanager. 

The female Scarlet Tanager is lovely, she is yellow-greenish with dark wings.  They usually stay high in the tree canopy. We are lucky to have these beautiful birds breed in the forest around our home. 

8. Flashback June 2019,  I miss the Great Blue Herons nesting in our little Prettyboy Neighborhood. 

The Heron's nest were in trees across from our driveway, I could stand on my deck and watch the herons and their chick in the nest. 

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Saturday's Critters # 590

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

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Happy April, this is my first post for the month of April. The holidays we will celebrate during this month are April 12th Passover begins, April 20th is Easter Sunday, April 22nd is Earth Day and last but not least is April 25th is Arbor Day honor this day by planting a tree.

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1. The NCR rail trail, is popular for joggers, bike riders and people walking, lots of dog walkers. 

Feb 26th, NCR trail with Miney

2. Miney wanted everyone that went by to stop and say hello.  She is a friendly dog. 

3. Off the NCR trail I noticed these two Canada Geese. One look like it was sick or dead, it's partner seemed to by hanging close by.  I am wondering if the sick bird has the HPAI Avian flu. I was sad to hear they closed my favorite trail at the Susquehanna River, due to the large count of dead Vultures. The Avian flu is killing the vultures seen at the Conowingo Dam area. 

Feb 26th, a stop at the Prettyboy boat dock to see the Common Mergansers.

4. On the way home from our walk on the NCR bike trail we stopped at the Prettyboy Reservoir's boat ramp. If we are lucky we usually see some ducks hanging out nearby.  This day we saw a large flock of Common Mergansers and some Canada Geese. 

5. A closer look at the Canada Geese. 

6. Somewhat closer view of the Common Mergansers. The male has the white body and a green head. The female has a rufous colored head with greyish body.

7. Miney watching a jogger go by. 

8. From March 2017, during our 6months living in Florida we visited the Circle B Preserve at least once a week. It is a great place to see the birds, just watch out for the gators. Below seen off the Circle B trail I could see the Great Blue Heron with one of their chicks.

Another Circle B Preserve photo, we saw various Egrets, Ibis, Wood Storks, Roseate Spoonbills and Little Blue Heron. 

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 # 574

  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!

Oct 7-9th, these photos are from our latest visit to Chincoteague Island NWR Virginia and Blackwater NWR, Cambridge Md. These are some of my favorite places to visit to see wildlife.  

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1. On the way to Chincoteague Island Virginia we pass by Blackwater NWR in Cambridge Maryland.  We drove through the refuge on the wildlife drive one loop before getting back on the road the Virginia. 

2. Chincoteague Ponies, the main attraction for visiting the Chincoteague Island NWR.

3. Belted Kingfisher

4.  Great Egret

5. Gulls, Cormorants and Terns. The Laughing Gull seems to be the most common gull seen at the refuge. The bottom photos shows the gulls with two different Terns, one of the Terns has more of a yellow bill and the other is really orange-red colored bill.  

6. There are a few Terns seen at this wildlife refuge.  The Royal Terns, Caspian Terns and the Forster's Tern. 

The Sanderlings were plentiful and fun to watch on the beach. They like to run back and forth to the water. 

7. Tricolored Herons

8. Chincoteague Island National Seashore.

9. Tom's Cove sunset, Chincoteague Island NWR 

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 # 572

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

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1. Sept 8-10, we were on our Pennsylvania road trip heading to the Poconos and the Delaware Watergap area. We stopped at a rest area with a view of the Susquehanna River. I noticed a lot of Tree Swallows flying around catching bugs.  If you look closely you can see a few of the Swallows. 

2. The Twin Bridges was one of my favorites out of the four Covered Bridges we saw on this day. 

A view of the Twin Bridges. 

3. While taking photos of the covered bridge above, I noticed two Bald Eagles flying above us. 

4. One of the many painted picnic tables, this mural below had flowers, domestic goose and a deer with pumpkins. 

5. My favorite picnic table mural was the Raccoon murals below, it is cute. 

6. The Josiah Hess Covered Bridge.

7. Just upstream a bit, I watched a Great Blue Heron fishing. The heron caught a pretty good sized fish. 

8. This is one of two Great Blue Herons I saw near the creek. 

9. Below you can see the fish, it looked big to me. The heron dipped in the water or was it trying to move the fish around in it's beak. They swallow the fish headfirst goes it goes down smoothly. 

10. You can see below a lump in the back of the heron's neck, the lump is the fish after it was swallowed whole. 

11. I think the heron had to rest after the fish meal, I guess it takes a while to digest. 

I will post more of this trip soon, various waterfalls and the Delaware Watergap.

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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