Saturday's Critters # 573

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 trying to catch up with my photos, these are from my backyard, our walks on the local fire roads and to the lake, Hashawha Nature Center and the local NCR bike trail.

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1. September is the time to see the Warblers in my backyard, they love the berries on the Devil's Walking Stick. Below are the Cape May Warbler, female Cardinal and a young deer in my yard.

2. The Lantana plant and the Fuchsia were looking beautiful throughout September, a female Scarlet Tanager was seen at the same berries.  The Hummingbird and butterflies love these plants.

3. The mosaic below is made of photos from our walk at the Hashawha Nature Center, Below are the American Robin, House Finch, Deer , Groundhog, female House Finch, Gray Catbird and a unknown warbler hiding behind some leaves.

4. The Eastern Bluebirds, 4-5 bluebirds were hanging around the birdhouse. They might use the house during the colder nights to stay warm.

5. Sept 22, our walk to the Prettyboy Reservoir. We saw a Green Heron and just a few leaves were starting to turn pretty colors. 

The Green Heron look like it was hiding in the bushes on the lake shore.

6. September 23rd, I saw a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the Devil's Walking Stick berries. 

7. Below several mosaics are all from Sept 24, my backyard birds.  The Hermit Thrush was enjoying the berries. I saw two together on the Devil's Walking Stick, bottom left photo. 

On the same day as above and at the same back yard berries, are the Northern Parula, Cape May Warbler, Brown Thrasher and a female Scarlet Tanager. 

Below same day Sept 24 in my backyard, are the Northern Flicker and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

Again on the same day Sept 24, I found the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker eating the berries. 

The Peacock came for a visit to our deck, perched on the deck railing.

8. Sept 26, below more birds at the berries, the Black-throated Blue Warbler, Mourning Doves, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, American Robin, Tennessee Warbler and a Northern Flicker.

9.  Not the best photo, looking through my bedroom window blind at the Pileated Woodpecker. Another bird that loves those berries on the Devil's Walking Stick.

10. Sept 29, the cottontail bunnies love our yard. I saw this one on our driveway.

Sept 30th, I heard the Gray Catbird knocking on our den window.  I took a few photos of the Catbird sitting in the Rhododendron right outside the window.

This post takes me through the end of September, I am still behind sharing my critter photos.  I hope you enjoyed the birds and wildlife.

Today is my son's birthday, Happy Birthday Brian!🎈🎂

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 # 489

  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 behind a bit on sharing birds from my yard, neighborhood and various walks.  These photos are from the end of March up to the beginning of April. 

1.  March 26th,  the White-breasted Nuthatch is a common bird seen in my yard and around the Prettyboy watershed. 

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2. March 27th , a walk to the lake, a vulture taking care of some road kill, the fire road, a Pied-billed Grebe, Canada Geese, Double-crested Cormorants, juvenile Bald Eagle, Downy Woodpecker and an Eastern Phoebe.  

3. March 27th, the Eastern Phoebe is a bird I can easily id by it's song. The song sounds like they are saying their name fee-bee. 

4. March 29, in the back yard the Dark-eyed Juncos are still here, a winter bird in this area.  We are starting to see some spring and summer birds move back to the area. 

5. March 29th, I have a pair of Eastern Bluebirds using one of our nesting boxes in the back yard.  

6. March 29th, it is a treat to see the Bluebirds using one of our nest boxes.  I hope their nesting is successful.  

7. March 31, our walk was on the trail at the nearby George's Creek. We saw a Winter Wren, White-throated Sparrow, Bald Eagle, Carolina Chickadee, Eastern Phoebe, Green-winged Teal and lots of Canada Geese. 

8. March 31, the past few months have been great for seeing various duck species at our Prettyboy Reservoir. One this day we saw a group of Green-winged Teal. I was far away and the photo is not sharp but you can id these ducks.  They have a rufous head with a teal green patch near their eyes, there is a white bar on the side of the breast. 

9. April 1st, I have been enjoying seeing the Eastern Bluebirds in my yard. I hope to see their babies soon.  

10. April 3rd, we took a walk on a close by fire road. I heard lots of birds singing, I am pretty sure I heard a Pine Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler and an Ovenbird, these birds are breeders in the forest next to our home. Next to the fire road I found a couple of Hermit Thrush. 

11.  Various dates in April: Butterflies and blooms around our yard. Swallowtails, Azaleas, Dogwood and Redbud blooms.

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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.

Here is my linky:

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! Also, I am also linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday  I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post. 

Saturday's Critters # 465

 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!

Taking a break from the Kauai vacation photos, I have images from our daily outings. Hubby and I are still trying to take our walks, sometimes just locally on the fire roads and to the lake, we have visited Conowingo Dam and Susquehanna River State Park and another local park called Irvine Nature Center.  

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1. Oct 6th, our walk was local to the lake. We usually always see some Canada Geese, a Northern Flicker was calling out from high in the tree and a Double-crested Cormorant was on the lake. 

2. Oct 7th, another walk on our local fire road. We are seeing lots of berries, looking very colorful. A Hermit Thrush was seen and we have been seeing lots of American Robins.  

3. The Hermit Thrush is a pretty bird, posing nicely for my photo.

4. Oct 9th, I saw this Ruby-crowned Kinglet hopping around on the ground right in front of me.  

On this day we walked to the lake, the fall colors are looking pretty. Two Double-crested Cormorants were hanging out at the lake. 

5. Oct 15th, hubby and I drive to the Conowingo Dam and the Susquehanna River State Park. We saw a few Bald Eagles, lots of Black Vultures, Great Blue Herons, Canada Geese, Gulls and Cormorants. 

This Bald Eagle looks like it is holding on tight to a fish.  

6. I liked watching these gulls, sometimes diving in the Susquehanna river hoping to catch a fish. 

7. Oct 20th, hubby and I took our walk at a local county park called the Irvine Nature Center. We saw the Northern Flicker, Mockingbirds, Eastern Bluebirds, lots of camera shy birds, White-throated Sparrows and a few unknown raptors. 

8. A larger look at the raptor, we watched 4-5 of these raptors chasing each other. They seemed very vocal. 

9. A closer look at one of the Eastern Bluebirds, one of my all time favorite birds. 

A bonus photo from Halloween, my two cute grandsons, Wyatt the Baby Yoda and Mason the pumpkin. 

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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.

Here is my linky:

I am also linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday . I hope you check out all the Mosaic posts with the hostess Heidrun. 

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!

Saturday's Critters # 433

 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!

Happy April!  These are some images from March, more birds sightings and some grand dog photos taken during our walks on the fire roads. The weather continues to be crazy, from warm temperatures to below freezing, rain, snow and sleet and lots of windy days. 

1. March 14th there was some snow left on the fire road, we had about 4 inches the day before. The Pine Warblers love the forest around our home, I hear them every day during our walks and from my yard. 

2. Grand dogs Nibbles and Winnie on one of our daily walks on the local fire road. 

 

3. I have some peanuts in the shell that I put out on the deck railing for my yard birds, below are the Northern Cardinal, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, Northern Flicker and a Blue Jay. 

4. The trail next to the lake, Prettyboy Reservoir. The grand dogs love their walks. 

5. March 15th again we found the Trumpeter Swans at the lake in a different spot, this sighting is closer to home. 

6.  Still a distant look at the Trumpeter Swans.

7.  March 16th our walk with the grand dogs, Mourning Dove, a distant Brown Creeper high in a tree and bottom images are the Hermit Thrush. 

8. March 18th, a pair of Eastern Bluebirds visited my yard and checked out the bird houses. I think a Chickadee had already claimed the house they wanted to use. 

 9.  March 19th our walk to the lake with the grand dogs. 

10. March 19th, I noticed a Pileated Woodpecker at a wood pile in the back of our yard. While watching this bird, it flew across the driveway to the woods to meet up with it's mate. 

That's all folks, I have been enjoying our walks with the dogs, birdwatching in my yard and neighborhood. Now, I am looking forward to seeing your critter post. 

Thank you for sharing your critters and 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.

Here is my linky:

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!