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 Happy Monday,

"Be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." Abraham Lincoln


☘️ ☘️  Wishing everyone a  Happy St. Patrick's Day!!  ☘️ ☘️

March 8-10th, these are some images from our little getaway to the Delaware shore and Ocean City Md.  we enjoyed walking the beach, watching the surfers and the birds at the Delaware Indian River Seashore Park. Later that day we enjoyed the sunset at Ocean City's inlet and we watched the moon rising over the ocean. 

Below, me and my shadow on the beach in Delaware, Long-tailed Ducks, Common Loon, a view of the beach and surf, jetty, Bufflehead ducks, beach with people with their dog and gulls and some Brant Geese. 

Common Loon? We saw a few that looked young like the Loon below.

 Beach at Indian River Inlet

 A group of Bufflehead ducks.

Me and my shadow at Ocean City, inlet, amusement rides, moon rising March 8th and  Black Scoters.

Sunset at Ocean City's inlet.

 Black Scoter, sunset at Ocean City inlet, almost full moon March 8th, moon reflecting on ocean.

The almost full moon, March 8th, the actual full moon took place on March 9th.

 Moon reflection at Ocean City, Md.

"It's a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness." Lucius Seneca

I am wishing everyone is well, avoiding the nasty virus. Take care and have a great week ahead.

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 Happy Monday and a happy March!

I hope everyone is doing well, Spring is officially March 20th. Only a few weeks away, this Sunday we willing be springing forward an hour.  I like the longer daylight. I do wish they would stop this changing of the clocks. The last frost can be up till mid May,  we usually look for hardy plants for our zone  6.

"Despite the forecast, live like it's Spring."

These are images from the last week of February, we took another walk on the local fire road, birds seen on my deck and the Great Blue Herons perched/hiding in the pine trees. The weather has been ranging from the 50's down to the teens at night. 


Scenes from our local fire road walk below, a neighbor has a black bear cut-out on their property, the fire road, our lake, another view of the fire road and pine trees and a feather I found on the trail.

 This trail to the lake is 1.8 miles round trip from our house.  Not a long walk but the views are great.

 The birds seen from my dining room window, on the deck a Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse and a squirrel, the Mourning Doves were on top a swing in our yard.

  These two Mourning Doves were perched on top of a swing we have in our yard, they are sweet birds.

On Feb 27 we had high winds and rain, I am hoping the herons and their nest are ok. The trees were swinging back and forth in the winds. The herons photos below are taken from my kitchen window and deck on Feb 26th.

I am not sure how many herons and nest we have here in our neighborhood, but I am seeing more each day. 

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 Hello and Happy Monday,

February is flying by, at least it is for me.  I am looking forward to spring and walking in the warm sunshine.  But, for now these are some photos from my world, the nearby reservoir and our neighborhood. I will be happy to see green trees again. 

 "It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting." Paulo Coelho



Lately I have been seeing both the Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers at my feeders. They both love the suet.  The Hairy Woodpecker is larger in size,  9 inches long. The Downy woodpecker is 6 1/2 inches long. The Hairy is on the left and the Downy is on the right in both of the mosaics below. 

The female Hairy Woodpecker and the female Downy Woodpecker.  The white (wider stripes) around the eye  on the Hairy Woodie also looks different. The suet feeder fits a small block of suet and is not big, you can see the smaller Downy Woodpecker does not take up much room on the feeder compared to the larger sized Hairy Woodpecker. 

 The male Hairy Woodpecker is on left and the male Downy Woodpecker is on the right.   Both male woodies have the red spots on their heads.

A view of the local fire road, one tree is down we either go around it, climb over it or turn back.

 A view of the reservoir, our lake seen through the trees.

 At the lake, way in the distance a saw a few Canada Geese, Common Mergansers and the Hooded Merganser.

"Smile more, Embrace the lessons, Love your life."

On Feb 16th we took a walk to the front part of the lake, we saw more Mergansers, and a few dogs and their humans were across the lake from us.  🌝  Dogs make me smile. 😀

Another cloudy day in the neighborhood, lake view and reflections.

Mergansers seem to be the most common waterfowl seen at our lake.

"Follow your dream, listen to your heart."


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Happy Monday,

I hope everyone is having  a happy long weekend, today is Presidents Day a holiday for most Americans. Also, it is the last day of the GBBC, the Great Backyard Bird Count. 
 
I have been trying to get outside for a walk, even with the cold weather. On this day hubby and I took walk on the NCR bike trail. It seemed like we were not the only people wanting to be outside this day. 
 

  Some bike riders passed us on the trail.

White water along the rocky section of the river. Every once in awhile we could hear the Kingfisher's rattle.  There were not many others birds around, I think I heard some Titmouse and Chickadees.

 Me and my shadow on a bridge over the river.

 Gnome land is a private garden at a home that borders the NCR bike trail. In the spring and summer there are flowers in this garden with the gnomes.




"Every child is a different kind of flower and altogether make this world a beautiful garden." unknown

 It was a pretty sky day, if only it was just a bit warmer, I did ok and kept warm with a brisk walk.

"Follow your dreams, they know the way."

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Hello Happy Monday,  

Some images and the latest from my corner of the world and my neighborhood.


On Feb 3rd, we had a warm sunny day, perfect for a walk to the lake.  Just a short drive around the other side of our lake is one of my favorite places to walk. I wanted to take the fire road to the lake where we can see the eagles nest. 



"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." William Shakespeare



Walking along the fire road, I heard various woodpeckers, we saw the Northern Flicker and theTufted Titmouse were fussing at us.  I could here some Kinglets, Chickadees, there were one or two Common Mergansers on the lake with a group of Canada Geese.

 I could hear and see 2 juvenile Bald Eagles flying over us as we walked down the fire road.  They may be the juveniles born last year. 

 

"Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience." Ralph Waldo Emerson

 I looked across the lake to see the nest, it did not look like the Bald Eagle is there unless it is laying down low.  There was one adult Bald Eagle in a near by tree.

 At the end of the fire road we take a smaller trail that follow along the lake shore.

 Me and my shadow at the lake.

Views of our lake and the Canada Geese.

The adult Bald Eagle sitting in a tree not far from the nest.

 A pretty view of the lake

 The is a view of the field across from the parking lot at the beginning of the fire road.

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Happy Monday,

Happy February, the days are flying by. I am sharing our last day in Florida 2019, we visited the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.  We walked on the boardwalk trail at the visitor center, saw various turtles including the Florida Soft-shelled Turtle, an alligator, next to the boardwalk we saw orange trees and a giant lather fern.



"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder."   E.B. White

 I hope you all are not tired of seeing bird photos and post from me. I took close to 300 hundred photos just at the wildlife refuge.

 I love these Northern Shovelers, they have comical look to them. I think it is the big bill. 

Below are the Roseate Spoonbill, Spoonbill and Great Egret in flight, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Shoveler, American Avocets with gulls.

We have had many cold, cloudy and damp feeling days in January. On these days I tend to vegetate or what I call hibernate. I am reading a lot ebooks from my library and from Kindle Unlimited. Some of my recent favorite books are: The Long Call by Ann Cleeves, and I started an old series Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, my latest read now is The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.

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 Happy Monday!

Here is an update from around the yard and neighborhood. These are some images from my deck and yard this month.  January is almost over, we have had 2 little snow events. 


One week we had pretty blue skies and temp's in the 60's and now we are having an arctic blast. Temp's in the teens and up to the low 30's.


The pretty sky images are from January 2nd.

Interesting cloud formations and a pretty skywatch.

On January 2nd, it was a warmer day, hubby and I took walk to the lake. There were 5-6 maybe more of the Common Merganser on the lake.  Not the best photos, of the male above and the female on the bottom.

The Common Merganser on the lake, it looks like they leave behind a wake like a boat. There are a lot of trees in between the fire road and the lake.  I could not get a very clear shot of these Mergansers.

January 18, my feeders are busy with the birds and squirrels chowing down the food. I have the usual visitors: Cardinals, Juncos, Nuthatch, Woodpeckers, Goldfinches, House Finches, Mourning Doves. 


The last snow turned into sleet and freezing rain, it was not pretty. Temperatures as I type are in the teens. Below the male Cardinal and the male and female Dark-eyed Junco.

The moon images are from the morning of January 12th.

This is my world in January 2020, I hope you enjoyed!

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