Saturday's Critters # 394

 Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!  Happy July everyone! 

 

 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!

Latest news in my area, birds are going blind and dying. Here is a link to this article.

Take bird feeders down in D.C., nearby states, experts say - BirdWatching: No word yet on the cause of bird deaths in and around D.C., but as a precaution, you should take your feeders down and clean your bird bath.

The local Md and Virginia are birding clubs and bird club facebook pages are asking for people to take down their feeders. It is not known if the disease is contagious? Could they be eating insects/cicadas that have been sprayed with poisons?  Just a heads up, I have already taken my feeders down,  a few months now due to critter problem.  

Hubby and I enjoyed an overnight in Dover Delaware, the reason for our little getaway was to visit Bombay Hook NWR in Smyrna Delaware. It is also nice to be close by for an early morning drive on the wildlife drive. Timing for some bird sightings and wildlife sightings was great. I will break up our 2 day visit into two posts. 

1. June 16 we arrived around 9:40 am and we drove on the wildlife drive  till around 2:30pm. Near the entrance are the Purple Martin houses, seen along the wildlife drive were the Great Blue Heron, Common Yellowthroat Warbler, American Avocets, Raccoon family, Snapping Turtle, Black-necked Stilts, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Mallard ducks, Black-crowned Night Heron with Great Egret, Black Skimmers with various Terns and Gulls, Indigo Bunting and a Blue Grosbeak. 

2. The American Avocet were looking pretty with their breeding colors. 

3. Raccoon family walking across one of the ponds. 

4. Mute Swans and some Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets.

5.  Black-necked Stilt on nest. 

6. Two Osprey with a Great Blue Heron flying by. 

7. Indigo Bunting, such a pretty deep blue.

8. A Blue Grosbeak, shows off his chestnut colored wingbars. 

9. Great Egret and a some what hidden Black-crowned Night Heron.

10. Port Mahon Delaware, Double-crested Cormorants 

11. Port Mahon Delaware Osprey on nest. 

I hope you enjoyed the birds and critters, we had a nice little trip and visit to the wildlife refuge. 

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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Our World, My World

 Happy Monday!

It is hard to believe it is almost the end of November, Thanksgiving is this Thursday. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.  I have much to be thankful for my hubby,  family and good health.

May all the good things in life be yours, not only at Thanksgiving but throughout the coming year!

On Nov 9th we headed home through Delaware stopping for a short bit at Bombay Hook NWR. We drove on the wildlife drive, it is always fun to do some drive-thru birding.  

Click on photos for better viewing.

1. We did take one short walk, during this time we saw what I think are Yellowlegs and some Ring-billed Gulls.

2.  Lunchtime.. 

3.  These photos were all taken from my car. The American Avocet, you can see the curved bill.

4.  Various shorebirds, some of the longer billed birds could be Dowitchers? 

5.  A couple of Northern Pintails seen a little closer to the wildlife drive. 

6.  A distant view of the Canada Geese, various shorebirds and some colorful trees.

7. I am guessing the birds in flight are the Dunlins, the sunlight would shine on them and they were amazing to watch.

8. The Great Egret tree, a couple of Great Blue Herons are seen one at each end.

9.  The American Avocets

10. The swan below are the non-native Mute Swans. lots of Canada Geese, ducks and coots.

11. I tried zooming in as far as I could with my camera, I still can not id all the ducks below. I do see the Canada Geese, American Coots and Wigeon.

Bombay Hook NWR ended our little getaway, it started at Blackwater NWR in Maryland, then onto Assateague Island and Ocean City Md.  We tend to see and do a lot in a little bit of time. 

Hubby and I continue to stay safe and healthy.  Be safe, wear your mask and keep your distance.  Wishing everyone good health, take care and stay safe!

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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!

 

More Bombay Hook NWR

I am linking up with Skywatch Friday  and Good Fences
I hope you can join in on the fun and share your fence scenes and pretty skies.

Hello, I am sharing more images from our daytrip to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. I have some fence scenes with the birds and some sky shots starting with our sunrise.

Before leaving on our outing I saw a pretty pink sunrise and the moon setting over our house.

Now, we are at Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware enjoying a Glossy Ibis skywatch.

A pretty sky, white puffy clouds and Egrets everywhere.

An Egret fence, I believe most of them are the Great Egrets. Except I cut off a Great Blue Heron on the right side of the photo.

Another view of the Egret fence with the Great Blue Heron crashing their party.

Sorry these are not the best photos taken thru my car window but above is a Great Blue Heron perched on a fence near the Finnis Pool, Bombay Hook NWR.

It really was an Egret day, the few dark spots in the grasses are the Glossy Ibis, click for a larger image and better view.

And last but not least is the moon taken on Aug 7th.  I hope you enjoyed my fence and sky shots and the birds of Bombay Hook NWR. Thanks in advance for stopping by and for your nice comments.

To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit  Skywatch Friday
and check for more fence shots at Tex's Good Fences

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences and thanks to Sylvia, Yogi  and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.    I wish everyone a happy day and weekend ahead..