Our World, My World

 Happy Monday everyone!

Stay Healthy, Stay Hopeful and Stay Strong!!

Happy Earth Day!!!

 April is rolling along quickly, our weather has been crazy. The temperatures this month are up and down, tornado watches, snow, heavy rain, wind and frost  If you wait a minute the weather will change. The trees are blossoming and looking beautiful. For some reason my neighborhood is way behind other nearby areas with bloom time in our state. I am happy to see the dayliles, irises, bushes, plants and trees all seem to be off to a great start. 

April 14th, I am still seeing some of my winter yard birds along with the summer birds.  The 3 birds together, are the WT SParrow, male Northern Cardinal with a House Finch, a lone Northern Cardinal. Bottom are the  Hairy Woodpecker and another WT SParrow.

 Some scenes from around the yard, maple tree, creeping phlox, blooming Dogwood and Redbud trees. 

The Japanese Maple trees in the front yard are turning a pretty red.

 The Creeping Phlox is looking pretty. 

 My yard birds seen on April 14th, an American Goldfinch male in his pretty summer colors, a winter Dark-eyed Junco, a winter White-throated Sparrow and a male House Finch.

 I love the curly ferns, they will be open soon.

 I have quite a few Chipping Sparrows in my yard, they are sweet birds.

 The dogwood and the Redbud trees are blooming and looking pretty.

 

The Dogwood blooms are pretty, one of my favorite trees. 

 
I pray everyone is healthy and remains safe. Take care.

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Saturday's Critters #323

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These are some of my yard birds, I counted last weekend during the Cornell Lab's Great Backyard Bird Count weekend.  The GBBC is an online citizen-science project. Do you watch your backyard birds, have bird feeders set up in your yard and garden? These were all birds just seen from my dining room window. My count varied on Feb 14-17th with 13-15 species of birds seen just from one window. 

 Below some of the birds seen were the Eastern Bluebird, Downy Woodpecker, American Goldfinch, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Carolina Wren. American Crows were seen flying over the yard. When filling my feeders I heard a Pileated Woodpecker drumming on a tree.

The pretty male Eastern Bluebird.  I was most surprised when 4 Eastern Bluebirds showed up on Feb 15th. They were checking out my birdhouses.

 I am calling this a Downy Woodpecker but it seemed larger in size could it be a Hairy Woodpecker.

 On the feeder below I can see 3 American Goldfinches and one male House Finch.

 A cute American Goldfinch, maybe a female?

the Dark-eyed Junco was sitting on top one our birdhouses. 

Some birds like this White-throated Sparrow likes to sit in our blueberry bushes. 

 I kept my bird count from the comfort of my house, just keeping a count of how many birds from each species was seen at one time. The Dark-eyed Junco took the highest count with 11 Juncos being seen at one time on our deck.





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Saturday's Critters #321

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These are some birds from my back yard and the forest around our home.  I enjoy birding right outside my windows.

 The male Cardinal is sitting in bush in our yard, waiting for a turn at the feeder. 

The Male House Finch and seen below is the female House Finch. 

 The Carolina Wren eating some suet. 

The Red-bellied Woodpecker love the suet. 

 Top row, the male Goldfinch getting his summer colors and the male Red-bellied woodpecker. Bottom row, 2 Dark-eyed Juncos and a female House Finch.

I keep seeing this Yellow-bellied Sapsucker sitting in our Rhododendron outside our front window.  He is taken over the Cardinal's job of flying to the window scaring it's rival away.

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Saturday's Critters #311

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Below is a House Finch couple. Whenever I see these finches on my deck or at the feeders I try to check out their eyes.  These finches have been known to have Avian conjunctivitis.

 These birds can become blind from the disease and it is contagious. The bird feeder could become contaminated and spread to healthy birds.  If you see any birds with swollen eyes and looking irritated it would be best to take the feeders down until the bird is gone. 

I pass by these ponds on the way to the local food store, on this  morning, I saw two Bald Eagles on the ground and a big flock of Canada Geese. I know the eagles look small in the photos, but you can see their white heads.  I wish I had my camera with me, my phone does not take good photos.

Click on the mosaic for a larger view of One Eagle is standing in the field and the other eagle is next to the edge of the pond. They may be the Bald Eagle couple that have been known to nest in the trees nearby.

 If you click on the photo below, you will have a better view of all the Canada Geese. The road goes up hill a little here and I took the photo from my car.  The  white buildings in the top left corner are part of a family style restaurant called Friendly Farms. They have been here for years, a very popular restaurant. They have delicious crab cakes.

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Saturday's Critters #258

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I still have some more birds we saw at the Edwin B. Forsythe NWR in New Jersey.  Birds seen were the male and female Wood Ducks, House Finch, Clapper Rail and we saw a large flock of Brant Geese, Mallards, American Black Ducks, Brant Goose, Great Blue Heron, 


The male wood duck is a beauty! 

This looks like the female wood duck below. 

A male House Finch. 

You really have to look for the 2 Great Blue Herons chasing each other in this photo below. The tree colors are beautiful. 

Pretty sure this is the Clapper Rail, another great reason to be at the refuge during low tide. These secretive birds come out into the open looking for things to eat in the mud. 

Sorry, my photos of the Brant Geese are not the best. They were too far away, I wanted record a photo to show I did see them this day.

I am not sure about this Sparrow, possibly a SeasideSparrow? I do see a little line of yellow above the eyes. Any help is appreciated. 

This Great Blue Heron had a fishing spot all to himself until these ducks came by and would not leave. They swam up and down in front of the Heron.  They were Mallards and some Black Ducks. 

Lots of shorebirds, I am guessing Dunlin and maybe some Plovers? The taller birds could possibly Black-bellied Plovers?

Below Eastern Box Turtles and Praying Mantis.  I went years without seeing a Praying Mantis, on this day I saw two Mantis right on the path to the visitor center.

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Saturday's Critters # 246

Welcome to Saturday's Critters !

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My hummers will be leaving soon, so I have been taking lots of photos while they are still around my yard.  I also have a pair of Houses Finches and a Monarch photos on the butterfly bush. 

House Finch couple, the male is a pretty bright red.

This may be a juvenile male Ruby-throated Hummingbird. I see a small red dot on it's chest.

One morning, I looked out at my hummingbird feeder and saw a hummer hanging still and upside down from the feeder. I thought it died. I went outside and was almost to the feeder and the hummer flew away. It was very strange, I am just glad it was OK.

Monarch on Butterfly bush.

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Saturday's Critters #239

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

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These are some birds and a butterfly from my yard. The Great Blue Heron found my little pond and was seen often sticking it's beak in the pond and eating something. I think it found some tadpoles or frogs to eat. After a few days, it went missing I am hoping it found a way back to it's nest with the other herons.

The juvenile Great Blue Heron takes a walk around the yard and finds my little pond.

The White-breasted Nuthatch is a regular visitor to the feeders.

A Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly on our Bee Balm.

The House Wren can be heard loud and clear even while I am inside my house. It is loud!

American Goldfinches and House Finches are regular visitors to the feeders. Those darn squirrels chewed a hole in my thistle sock.  I had to save some thistle seeds in a different feeder.

The young Great Blue Heron was seen walking all around my yard.  Below it is next to our shed.

The female Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 

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