Saturday's Critters # 662

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

As usual, I am sharing my dog Miney and our walks on the trails, birds from my yard and the local watershed fire roads. 

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1. I am addicted to the Merlin App, I have it on during everyone of my walks with Miney.  I included one of my Goldfinch photos with the Merlin app screenshot.

Below one of my Cardinal photos is added to the Merlin Screenshot.

2. July 8, walk with Miney on our local Prettyboy fire road. This local fire road trail is mostly covered with pine needles, which makes walking so much easier. The weeds and grasses are taking over some of our other local trails. They need to come and cut the grass on the trails, I am sure the ticks and bugs love the long grass. 

" A walk in nature walks the soul back home."

 

Above I included the Chipping Sparrow image and below is the House Finch image.

3. I am sticking to the same trail for walking Miney, we walk till we come to the downed tree and then turn around and go back home. 

"An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day."

The  Scarlet Tanager is a breeder in the Prettyboy Watershed, I can recognize their calls while I am out walking Miney.

The Pine Warbler is another breeder in our local Prettyboy Watershed, I hear them calling off the trail and they sometimes visit my deck for some food. 

4. Miney loves her walk on the fire road! 

You can see the reservoir is still low, the water usually is up to the trees. The Killdeer are enjoying the muddy area and the geese love the grasses that are growing.

5. A zoomed in look at a Killdeer, I saw 8-10 Killdeer running around the muddy area. 

Killdeer

A Bald Eagle spooked the Killdeer flying in and making the Killdeer take off and fly around. The Eagle landed in a tree and the Killdeer went back to their spot on the mud.

Prettyboy Merlin birds, from our walk to the reservoir.

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Saturday's Critters # 658

    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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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 # 645

  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 am sharing a mish-mash of photos, my back yard birds and our dog Miney, the neighborhood Peacock, views from the fire road walks and the bike trail walk. I can hear a FOY Eastern Phoebe calling in my yard too, no photos yet. 

1. At this time our weather was finally warming up some, Spring still seems far off, the scenery of bare trees and fallen leaves on the fire road walk with Miney. The Prettyboy reservoir is still low due to the drought. 

2. On some of our busier days, I just take Miney for a walk up and down our street.  She is happy still lots of smells around. 

3. My backyard birds, are the Blue Jay and the Cardinals. They are always looking for the peanut nuggets. 

4. At the NCR trail, the sled dogs are finished their run and getting ready to go back into their transport vehicle. 

5. Scenes from our walk on the NCR Bike trail. The sled dogs were packing up to go home, we saw some icicles hanging off a boulder along the trails. Our weather has up and down like a yo-yo, warms days and still some very cold days.

6. There were lots of Canada Geese hanging out on the Friendly Farm Ponds. There were some ducks but too far away to see which species. 

7. The Peacock will come up on our deck sometimes, looking for food or just to hang out. 

8. The male Pine Warbler has found my feeders. I've been hearing them calling a lot lately.  They are breeding in the forest around our home. 

9. The tarp covering our wood piles gets blown around in the high winds we were having.  The Peacock loves to sit on the wood pile. 

Bonus image, one of our birthday gifts to the grandsons was a little jeep they could ride in. I think they love it. It is an outside ride, but my son just put it together. 

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.

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Saturday's Critters # 642

   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

Happy Easter and Happy Passover! 

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I have a mish-mash of photos and critters, sharing birds from my backyard and some from my archives. I am happy that I do not have to go further than my back yard to enjoy nature.  

1. The Peacock is a regular visitor to our yard especially on the milder weather days.  He landed on top of our car one day. 

Another day we came home from dialysis and he was on our deck railing. 

2. The Cardinal likes to sit in our blueberry bush, maybe protection from raptors or the mean Mockingbird. 

We saw the Turkey Vultures in the woods next to our house, one day they feasted on a deer carcass on the road across from our house.

3. Some of my backyard birds on the feeders are the Carolina Chickadee and the American Goldfinch.

4. More of my backyard feeders birds, the Dark-eyed Junco, Downy Woodpecker, White-throated Sparrow and a Carolina Wren. 

Below are various Nuthatches, three are seen either in my backyard or in Southern Maryland and one was seen in Colorado in the Rocky Mountain NP. 

First is the Brown-headed Nuthatch seen in the Blackwater Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge Maryland. I have seen this bird more along the coastal areas of the Mid-Atlantic states. 

The Red-breasted Nuthatch was seen in my backyard, it was an occasional visitor during the winter. 

The White-breasted Nuthatch can be seen every day in my backyard, a regular visitor to my feeders.

The Pygmy Nuthatch was seen in the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The Pygmy Nuthatch is the smallest Nuthatch can be found in pine trees in Mountains and foothills.

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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