Saturday's Critters # 570

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

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These photos are from our Aug 21-22 visit to Delaware and the Bombay Hook NWR. This wildlife refuge always seem to have lots of birds. Some are birds are breeders and some are just visiting. My first post for this getaway is here Black-bellied Whistling Ducks in Delaware . 

1. Top left American Goldfinch, possible juvenile Cooper's Hawk, Yellowlegs, Monarch Butterfly, juvenile Little Blue Heron, I am guessing the last bottom right is an Eastern Phoebe. 

2. Bombay Hook NWR is always a good place to see the American Avocets. 

3. Blue Grosbeak looking handsome.

Eastern Kingbird and the top photo includes an American Goldfinch. 

4. Various shorebirds, I see a few Black-bellied Plovers. 

5. Various shots of the Great Egrets, there may be some Snowy Egrets mixed in. 

6. We did not have to go to Florida to see the Sandhill Cranes, these two spent most of the summer at Bombay Hook NWR. 

7. Sandhill Crane couple.

8. These two birds caused a traffic jam on the wildlife drive. 

9. Great Blue Heron with lunch.

10. Avocets, Great Egret and possibly Dunlins in flight.

I hope you enjoyed my photos from Bombay Hook NWR, it is one of my favorite places to see the wildlife.

Bonus image: my two grandsons were dinosaurs for Halloween. They looked so cute!

Hubby and I have both been sick this week, so I have missed visiting blogs this week. I hope we are both back to normal, it's not fun being sick. 

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 # 561

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

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I am still so far behind with my photos, this post is on our last day in Arizona, we visited the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix. These are mostly images of birds we saw while walking around the gardens. 

1. The Curve-billed Thrasher, their bill is the perfect tool for hunting insects. They are grayish brown in color and have a long body. 

2. Male House Finch

3. Mourning Dove

4. Gambel's Quail, has a cute forward facing crest.

5. The Cactus Wren is a speckled brown bird with a bright white eyebrow and a little cinnamon color on it's sides. 

6. Another Curved-billed Thrasher next to a barrel cactus.

7. I found a Hummingbird among these flowers. The bird blends in well. 

8. The Queen Butterfly, is orange with black borders and white spots on it's forewings.

9. A lifer for me the Gilded Flicker, has a black bib and black spots on it's belly. Just at a glance I thought this bird was another Gila Woodpecker. The black spots on the belly are helpful with the id. 

10. This bird below is the female Lesser Goldfinch, it is a pretty bird.  

11. I was surprised to see this White Egret almost at the exit of the gardens. I did not see any water nearby? 

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 # 522

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

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Nov 5-9th, 2023 hubby and I enjoyed a short getaway to Turks and Caicos. Also known just as TCI, it is a British territory. These islands are located close to the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic. The Turks Islands consist of 8 major islands and many smaller islands inhabited. We stayed at a beach resort located in the Grace Bay area of the island of Providenciales.  

1. A view from our resort at Grace Bay, on the island of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos. 

"Collecting memories one destination at a time."

The TCI waders seen were the Great Blue Herons flying over the bay, Great Egret and Green Heron at the resort. 

2.   The Great Egret was one of the birds seen  at our resort.  This egret may have been looking for a dinner of  a lizard. 

Workers at the resort said the Green Heron was their friend, hanging around the pool area and outside restaurant areas. 

3. I saw a few kitties at the resort, they may be enjoying the lizard meals too. 

4. Enjoying a relaxing time on a beach chair, I watched these Great Blue Herons fly by, until they were closer  I thought they were Brown Pelicans. 

5. Another look at the Green Heron this one was on top of an umbrella over a pool chair.  

Sunset, moon and Kestrel sighting. 

6. From our balcony, this American Kestrel (TCI version has more of a white chest) was perched on the roof right above us. 

7. The Brown Anole, they can have a whitish or yellow pattern on it's back. They are found in the Caribbean and Florida and expanding north in coastal Georgia. They eat insects and spiders. Other lizards seen in TCI are the Curly-tailed Lizard.

Smooth-billed Ani

8. The Smooth-billed Ani, it was neat seeing this group of 6 Ani's. They make a strange sound, announcing their arrival.  They also hung around the resort area. 

9. Another shot of the Smooth-billed Ani, it is a glossy backed cuckoo with an oversized bill. They eat insects, lizards and fruits, groups of these birds do everything together. 

10. A closer look at the bill of the Smooth-billed Ani. 

11. I found another Kestrel at the resort, this time on the path to the beach.  We saw a pair of them almost every day of our visit. 

"Life is short and the world is wide."

Hubby and I love to travel, hubby was able to snorkel at Grace Bay, I was happy with my book and a beach chair with a beautiful view. Another day I was able to arrange to do some birding with a local birder. I will have one more post on the birding outing with the local guide. I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the island. 

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Saturday's Critters # 521

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 my last post on our visit to Chincoteague Island NWR. Oct 11th, was our last morning at Chincoteague before the drive home. We started off with the sunrise on the beach, watching hundreds of Swallows feeding on insects at Tom's Cove and the usual waders seen along road to the beach.

1. Starting off our day with a pretty sunrise at Chincoteague. 

"Nature unfolds her treasure at the first ray of sunrise."

2. I like this shot of the gull walking toward me, I believe it is a juvenile Laughing Gull. 

3.  Near the beach I parked facing Tom's Cove,  we enjoyed watching this large group of swallows flying around the wetland grasses , there must have been lots of bugs for the swallows to eat.

4.  Along the road to the beach, a Belted Kingfisher was sitting in a dead tree overlooking the water. 

5. We saw a large flock of White Ibis, a Great Egret and two Tricolored Herons. 

6. One of the Tricolored Herons looked upset to share the space. 

7. The Chincoteague ponies are always a treat to see if they come up close, this was the closest we were able to see them.  

8. There were two foals mixed in with the older group.

9. A pretty Great Egret taking a break.  

We enjoyed our 2 days at Chincoteague, the beach scene and the birds are always a beautiful sight to see. I hope you enjoyed my post.

Tomorrow is my hubby's birthday, Happy Birthday Hubby!

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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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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.