Saturday's Critters # 635

  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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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. 

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Saturday's Critters # 633

       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

We seem to be stuck with this super cold weather. I try to get outdoors for a walk, Hubby and Miney are my walking companions. 

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1. These are images from our walk on the fire road to the lake. I saw a juvenile Bald Eagle sitting on the ice covered lake. After our walk we drove around the other side of the lake to the boat dock and saw a few Common Mergansers.  

2. The first day of the New Year we had a dusting of snow.  

3. Another walk with hubby and Miney on the local Prettyboy fire road.  

4. A walk with Hubby and Miney on the NCR bike trail in Parkton Md.  

5.  We started off our walk on the bike trail with the Pileated Woodpecker seen eating berries high in a tree top. 

6.  We saw  10-12 Cedar Waxwings in a tree next to the NCR Bike trail in Parkton, Md. 

7.  Two White-throated Sparrows, they are winter birds in my area.

8. Can you find the two deer?  We saw six together but they must have separated. 

9. Hubby and Miney take a break sitting at a picnic table. 

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 # 629

    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

Hubby and I for the last 35 years ( except for 5 1/2 months living in Lakeland Florida 2016-2017) are lucky to live so close to so much nature. The forest, the lake and trails are all walking distance and surround our house.  Miney loves these walks!

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1. A walk on the NCR trail beginning at Freeland , we were seeing the end of the Autumn colors. I heard and saw a lot of birds, but the only birds I was able to photograph were the Pileated Woodpecker and the Red-bellied Woodpecker.  

A view from the bike trail near Freeland, Maryland. 

2. I love to trying to capture some moon photos, a walk with Miney on the fire road at Prettyboy. 

3. The Blue Jays arrive quickly when I put out some of the peanut suet balls. 

4. A walk with hubby and Miney to the Prettyboy lake. A Belted Kingfisher was perched on a log sticking out of the lake. Somehow Miney got out of her harness and ran from hubby to where I was taking photos of the lake.  She managed to get her paws all muddy from walking onto the muddy shore of the lake. Then she ran back fast to hubby, we have never let her run free.  This was her first and only chance of getting loose. 

5. The peacock even on the cold days is roaming around our yard and the neighborhood, a Hawk sitting in a nearby tree. I am guessing it is a red-shouldered Hawk and a Northern Mockingbird sitting in a near by tree. 

6. Our grandsons loved seeing the Peacock on Thanksgiving Day, it walked all around our yard.  

7. A walk to the back part of the lake with hubby and Miney, we had a dusting of snow on this morning. 

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 # 597

 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 Memorial Day weekend! Remember and Honor! Be safe, this holiday weekend! 

Another post of mish-mash images and dates, I am still behind sharing. 

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1. April 1 in my backyard I was still seeing the Eastern Bluebirds. I hope they were using my birdhouse for their nest. Isn't he beautiful?

2. April 1st, our backyard Daffodils were looking pretty.

3. April 1st, my Merlin app was on while walking Miney on our local fire road. Below are some of the birds I heard on our walk. 

4. Miney is great at climbing over the down trees on the trail. 

5. April 4th, the Merlin app list of birds heard on our fire road walk at Prettyboy.

6. April 4th, Miney on our walk on the local Prettyboy fire road.

7. My flashback images from May 2019, looking out my window to see 3 Pileated Woodpeckers in my backyard. 

From last year, March 2024 the Pileated Woodpecker was pecking away at a tree next to our yard. The male has the extra red stipe on it's cheek.

8. May 2019, flashback to a getaway to Shenandoah National Park, I saw this pretty Indigo Bunting sitting in a tree next to the overlook on Skyline Drive. The Indigo Bunting has a small bill compared to the Grosbeaks.

From May 2023, we see a lot of the Indigo Buntings and Blue Grosbeaks at the Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware. The Blue Grosbeak has a rust color on it's wings and a heavier beak. 

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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