Saturday's Critters # 603

 Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!

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Edit: I may not be available as much in the next week, my hubby may be starting dialysis this week. He is very anxious about the treatment, can you please keep him in your prayers.

Another update, as of Monday morning Hubby is refusing to go for the dialysis, I am sure he is scared of the outcome. I am not able to force him. Quality of life is important. 

Today is Miney's 1st birthday, Happy Birthday to Miney!   🎂🎈 ❤️ We started fostering Miney on Jan 11th and we officially adopted her on Jan 20th. 

Photos are from the middle of May. My walks with Miney are always surrounded by nature, early morning walks are filled with the sounds of birds singing. 

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" A walk in nature walks the soul back home"  Mary Davis

1. May 15th, another walk on our local fire road, I was walking Miney and listening to the birds singing.  Most of my walks lately I hear the same birds below is the cute Blue-gray Gnatcatcher is a quick little bird moving around in the trees.

May15th, I heard more birds off the fire road trail during our walk with Miney.  I think a storm might have been pushing some different warblers through our area. I do see some of these Warblers in the Fall in my backyard. They love the Devil's Walking Stick berries. 

The Northern Cardinals are a year round bird, they are seen in my back yard and in the forest next to our home.  They are often seen and heard while we are walking on the local fire roads. 

2. Below is a mosaic of the warblers and a Chat that were picked up by the Merlin App, top row is the American Redstart, second row is the Bay-breasted Warbler, bottom row are from left to right the Blackpoll Warbler, Nashville Warbler and the Yellow-breasted Chat. 

3. May 16th, my Merlin App picked up the Wood Ducks sounds on May 15th and 16th in the same area of the fire road trail close to a cove area of the Prettyboy Reservoir.

4. May 16th, I am hearing the Eastern Wood-Pewee calling in the same area of the fire road trail. 

5. On our walks lately I hear lots of Red-eyed Vireos. 

6. Miney is always on alert during our walks, looking for dogs or critters.  I think she has a good nose and can smell animals around. She goes crazy if she sees a deer running in the distance. 

7. Flashback to some Shenandoah Bird July 2019. On the trail I saw a few Warblers on the ground. The photos below are the Black and White Warbler and a female American Redstart.

Another look at the Black and White Warbler.

8. Another Shenandoah Flashback from July 2019, a male Eastern Towhee.

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Saturday's Critters #355

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!


Sept 23rd, I am still seeing the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and a few warblers in my yard. The Red-eyed Vireo and a few Scarlet Tanagers were also seen. Some other yard birds seen were the White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker and Mourning Doves.

Here is a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, resting on the Buddleia. As of the 9/25 I was still seeing 1-2 Hummingbirds in my yard.

A Red-eyed Vireo was seen at the Devil's Walking Stick berries.

 

 The Cape May Warbler, female or juvenile is still hanging out eating some berries too.  

Some of my yard birds: Downy Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Chipping Sparrow and the Northern Cardinal.

 

 

Sept 25th yard birds: I saw 2 Scarlet Tanagers, one was a bright yellow which is the top photo below and the 2nd one was a duller yellow on the middle right photo. Middle left photo is a Cape May Warbler and the center middle photo is the male Black-throated Blue Warbler.  Bottom photo shows 2 of the Red-eyed Vireo.

 

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Happy Thankful Thursday!

 Happy Thursday!  

Hubby and I enjoy our local walks on the near by fire roads. On this day we walked for a little over 2 miles round trip from our house. I had some luck finding birds at what was once a clear cut area in the forest.  The Yellow-billed Cuckoo were seen out in the open, eating the tent caterpillars.  We also saw 20 or more Cedar Waxwings and a juvenile or female Scarlet Tanager.  On this day I had that deja vu feeling, maybe because previous years we had the same bird sightings during a similar walk.

1. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo, we saw at least 3 of these birds during our walk.  One has a tent caterpillar in it's mouth.

2. I watched a flock of Cedar Waxwings flying around us, a few times I caught them sitting on top of a tree branch, one photos has a juvenile or female Scarlet Tanager with 2 Cedar Waxwings.

 

3. Adult Cedar Waxwing

 

 

Gratitude turns what we have into enough. We are thankful for pretty sky days and lovely weather. My prayers go out to all in the areas with the wildfires. It is so sad to see so much loss and devastation..

4. Below is the Great-crested Flycatcher, middle photo is a possible Tennessee Warbler and Red-eyed Vireo on the bottom photo.

 

 5. Cedar Waxwings, there are 2 on one branch and the Scarlet Tanager is below on the right side.

6. I was happy to see this Yellow-billed Cuckoo out in the open a few times.

 

7. Another one of the 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo that we saw during this one walk.

 

 

 For Martha's Throwback Thursday and Skywatch Friday. I am sharing the following 3 photos from my archives. A  view of some fall colors of our nearby reservoir and a sunset at the Prettyboy reservoir. A photo of our Goldie Girl, she is missed . 

8. Some fall trees and sky reflecting at Prettyboy.

9. Prettyboy sunset, you can be blessed just being in the right place at the right time. 

10. Sky reflecting at Prettyboy reservoir.

I am thankful for my archived photos of Goldie Girl, she was loved and is missed.  We remain thankful to be virus-free and healthy.

 I hope everyone takes care and stay safe. 

Live simple and be happy!  😊 Take care, keep smiling!


Thank you to Martha  @ Throwback Thursday linky  
and her Seaside Simplicity
Thank you Michelle for hosting Thankful Thursday. 
Thank you to Yogi the host of   Skywatch Friday


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Our World, My World

 Happy Monday!




I have been enjoying my back yard birds and blooms, they are a simple pleasure during these Covid times.  Maryland is opening up a little more each week.  Now, we have open restaurants with inside dining at a 50% capacity limit.  Some places are closing streets in the afternoon and setting up tables outside.  Hubby and I prefer the outside dining at this time.  We finally saw our son and DIL,  we stopped for some carry-out dinner to take to their place and ate outside on their deck.

Some images of our clematis and a Ruby-throated Hummingbird sitting near the feeder. 

Love this clematis, lots of blooms this year.

 Hubby and I enjoy our walks on the local fire roads, some of nice views of the reservoir.   A view of the fire road, our walk for the day.

These are a few of the birds we saw off the fire road, the House Wren top left, Gray Catbird top right. Bottom on left I am guessing it is a Wood PeWee and bottom right is the Red-eyed Vireo.

These pretty ferns grow along the fire road. We heard lots of birds around us, like the Waterthrush, Ovenbird, Titmouse, Chickadees, WB Nuthatch, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Scarlet Tanagers, various Vireos and Flycatchers. One sounded like a Acadian Flycatcher.

 We saw a few butterflies flying around during our walk, this Black Swallowtail landed nearby.

 A view of the reservoir.

 The mountain laurels are blooming, mostly white blooms. Some times they are pink in color.

I hope you enjoyed these images from my little corner of the world,  we continue to do well. BTW, I finally found yeast in the store and have made my first loaf of no-knead bread.  It was super easy to make, it turned out well and tasted delicious.  Next on my list to make is homemade pizza/flatbread dough. I am looking for an easy recipe..

Staying safe and still keeping our distance until we feel safe to be traveling more.   I hope you all are doing well too.  I hope everyone is safe, happy and healthy. Take care and stay well.  

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Happy Thankful Thursday!

Happy Thursday! 

I have said many times before, I am thankful for a great weather day for a hike.  On May 15th hubby and I took a round trip 5.4 walk to the lake, this is a view of the fire road trail. 

 A look at the sky during our walk to the lake.

 Some of the birds I saw while walking to the lake, Indigo Bunting, Wood Thrush, Red-eyed Vireo, Ovenbird.

 Some trees, plants and flowers seen along the fire road walk to the lake. 

"You belong among the wildflowers, you belong somewhere you feel free." Tom Petty

 The sky was reflecting on the lake, looking pretty.

 We had a great view of the Great-crested Flycatcher.

 I am pretty sure this bird below is the Prairie Warbler.

 The wild azaleas were blooming, looking very pretty.

"No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere." Sheryl Crow

Another look at the Great-crested Flycatcher.

The latest books I finished are :
The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner
The Lost Man by Jane Harper


I hope everyone is safe, happy and healthy! I am thankful hubby and I are both well!


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Live simple and be happy!  😊 Spread joy & happiness!


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