Saturday's Critters # 658

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

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"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir

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I always enjoy my walks with hubby and Miney out in nature.  It is peaceful listening to the birds, looking for wildflowers and critters.  There are times we see deer and fox, mostly running away from us. Our walks include the NCR bike trail, our local fire road at Prettyboy Reservoir and my back yard birds and critters.

1. Along side our driveway we have some Clematis blooming. 

Some of the flowers I picked out for out deck. I chose flowers that the hummingbirds and butterflies love. Like the Salvia, Lantana and Zinnia.

Hubby, Miney and I took a walk to see the front lake, after having some rain it looks the water level has gone up some but not totally recovered yet. There was a large group of Canada Geese hanging out on the shore and I believe my Merlin App picked up a Killdeer there too. 

Merlin Birds heard on our walk to the Prettyboy reservoir. 

I have been hearing the Cedar Waxwings every day lately, they are beautiful birds too see. The Cedar Waxwing has a black mask, tan head and breast and a yellow belly. Their tails have a yellow band on the bottom.

"Smile, breath and go slowly."

2. The water level is higher at the reservoir, but the water line when full is up to the trees. The last news I heard the reservoir was 6 feet low. 

The Canada Geese below were only a few I saw on this day. 

3. Below is a list of my yard birds on my Merlin App, I have been seeing a family of Hairy Woodpeckers visiting my suet feeder. 

Below are the Hairy Woodpeckers and the Bluebird inside the house. 

4. My yard birds, Merlin App birds and Miney on our walk.  Merlin birds announce my bird of the day, on this day it was the Blue Jay. 

Most mornings I will go out on our deck and open the Merlin App ,  above and below are the birds that were singing around my yard.  The Cardinals are seen and heard every day. 

Miney on our walk, she enjoys her daily walks.

I hope your enjoyed our walks, the birds and views of the reservoir.  

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Saturday's Critters # 635

  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!

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir

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Woodpeckers are one of my many favorite bird species. I have seen many around my neighborhood, state and the country. 

The Red-headed Woodpecker

The Acorn Woodpecker seen in Arizona

The Arizona Woodpecker 

The female Red-bellied Woodpecker seen on my deck railing.

The male Red-bellied Woodpecker, one of my favorite yard birds. 

The Hairy Woodpecker, is a bigger bird with a larger size beak. 

A Downy woodpecker on the left and a Hairy Woodpecker on the right.

Incoming a Red-bellied Woodpecker with a Downy Woodpecker on the feeder. 

The Northern Flicker, looks pretty with it's speckled chest. 

In another post I will share more woodpeckers from my travels to Costa Rica, Belize and Panama and various Sapsuckers. 

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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Saturday's Critters # 596

 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 sharing my mish-mash of photos, our walks with Miney, my back yard birds and a visit to see our grandchildren. 

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1. March 22nd, another walk to the Prettyboy reservoir to see the Eagles nest. Our second time to check out the nest only to find it empty again. 

2. March 22nd, while we were out walking with Miney the Peacock came for a visit. Who left the gate open? The peacock was sitting on our deck railing when we got home. 

3. March 25th, fire road walk with Miney to the lake

4. March 25th, the Peacock was back sitting on the swing set. 

5. March 29th, my back yard birds: the Peacock, Eastern Bluebird, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Junco and the White-throated Sparrow. 

6. March 29th, on the NCR trail with Miney. 

7. March 30th, we took Miney with us to visit with our son, DIL and our grandchildren. Winnie the Corgi had fun playing with Miney. 

8. A flashback looking at a couple of my Florida favorite birds seen in a couple of favorite places.

Flashback images are from May 2015  Gatorland in Kissimmee Florida I am sharing a Cattle Egret.  There was a large breeding marsh at the Gatorland Park,  my main reason for visiting was to see all the heron and egrets in their rookery. 

From March 2017, a Green Heron seen at the Circle B Preserve near Lakeland Florida. 

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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