Saturday's Critters # 598

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!

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1. Below are birds seen in my yard on April 8th, the male and female Eastern Bluebird and the second mosaic is the White-throated Sparrow. The bluebirds eat mostly insects and berries. 

April 8th, I see a lot of White-throated Sparrows in my yard. When I go out on my deck, they fly up close expecting me to put out some food for them.

2. April 10, Miney watching the waves from a passing fishing boat on the lake. 

3. I've been seeing the Bluebirds at the birdhouses every day now. They are one of my many favorite birds, I am happy they are nesting in my yard. 

4. April 18th, our walk to the lake I opened my Merlin app, a new first of the season Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. The app captured four of the woodpeckers heard in the forest next to our home, the Pileated Woodpecker, the Downy and Hairy Woodpecker and the Red-bellied Woodpecker. 

5. April 18th, images from our walk to the lake.  

6. We celebrated an early Easter and lunch with the family, it is always a joy to spend time with the grandchildren.   

7. April 20th, A view of our Dogwood tree and the Redbud tree blooming. Bottom row is the Eastern Bluebird and a White-throated Sparrow. 

April 20th on Easter Sunday we took a walk to the lake, I saw a juvenile Bald Eagle in Flight and a small group of Double-crested Cormorants. I heard my first of the season Northern Parula. 

April 20th, back in our yard I captured the male Northern Cardinal.  

April 21st, we found our trash can across the yard, the trash all torn apart, apparently the night before a bear visited our yard.  Miney was barking like crazy that night, we had no idea she heard the bear on the deck. 

8. Below are a couple of favorite birds from my archive files, from May 2020 and May 2021.  

"Not all who wander are lost, some are just looking for cool birds."

From May 2020, a Baltimore Oriole seen at the Hashawha Nature Park in Carroll County Md. The Baltimore Oriole is Maryland's State bird.  

A Baltimore Oriole at the Prettyboy Reservoir, May 2022. He is a bright orange, so pretty.





From May 2021, my first sighting of a Red-headed Woodpecker in my backyard.  I have not seen a Red-headed Woodpecker in my yard since this sighting.  

Red-headed Woodpecker

I was happy to see this beautiful Red-headed Woodpecker on my deck railing. 

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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Saturday's Critters # 593

 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!

A mish-mash of photos, birds and critters and our cute dog Miney.  

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1. March 10th, I was happy to see a pair of Eastern Bluebirds visiting my bird houses.  I hope to see them raising their young this season. 

2. March 11th, my morning walk with Miney on the fire road. The trail is closest to my house and there are views of the reservoir.  

3. March 11th, I am still seeing the pair of Eastern Bluebirds coming and going to the birdhouses.

"Your bluebird of happiness is waiting for you."

4. March 12, I am sharing my yard birds , I had a nice variety of birds like the Northern Cardinal, the Mockingbird, a Pine Warbler , the Bluebird and the Titmouse.

5. March 12th, it was a warm day in the low 70's. I was happy to see the Peacock visiting, he hasn't been seen since last fall. We were getting ready to leave to meet hubby's cousin for lunch when the Peacock started his dance in front of the car. 

6. March 12th, the Red-bellied Woodpecker was able to eat some of the suet nuggets. Usually the woodpeckers are chased away by the Mockingbird.

7. March 12th, I was surprised this photo turned out ok, I wanted to get the cardinal perched but he flew off when I captured him in flight.

8. April 25th Arbor Day

Celebrate Arbor Day, plant a tree.

"He who plants a tree plants hope."

A flashback from my facebook page, from March 2016. A favorite bird is the Red-headed Woodpecker seen at the North Point State Park. I have not seen these birds since this time, they have safely moved on I hope.

A Sept 2015 flashback from the North Point SP, we saw a few Tricolored Herons, The park is more known for seeing the Little Blue Herons, it was a treat to see the Tricolored Herons.

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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Saturday's Critters # 388

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!

So far May has started off with wonderful bird sightings right outside my windows.  I am a little behind sharing, these images are from the first week of May and they were all taken from my windows.  

For the first time in the 30+ years living here I saw the Red-headed Woodpecker in my yard. It was only for part of a day but I was able to snap away some photos. The Red-headed Woodpecker is a beauty. I believe now I have seen all of the Eastern North America Woodpeckers right in my back yard. 

Below a shot of the Red-headed Woodpecker on the suet feeder.

I was able to take a few good shots through my windows, below is the Red-headed Woodpecker on the deck railing. 

The Eastern Bluebirds have been seen going in and out of a birdhouse I have on my deck.  I hope their nesting is a success. 

Below are the female and male Rose-breasted Grosbeak.  They usually stop my yard during their migration north.  

Below is a female Downy Woodpecker waiting for it's turn at the feeders below, they are occupied by the male and female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. 

From my kitchen door, I noticed this Yellow-rumped Warbler high in the tree top. 

 

The House Wrens and the Carolina Chickadees have moved into the birdhouses. 

 

I do not have photos but I have heard many birds that have moved back into our local forest. Just from my yard, I hear the Ovenbirds, the Wood Thrush, American Redstart and the Scarlet Tanagers. Outside my front window ( the view from my exercise bike) I saw a few Magnolia Warblers, the male was a beauty. 

 I am also linking up to Anni's blog party found here I'd Rather B Birding   Anni always has some beautiful birds to be seen on her blog, check it out!

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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Hello, Happy Monday! 


Can you believe it is August already? The summer days are flying by. During our recent road trip to Maryland's Eastern shore we made a quick visit to the Blackwater Nat'l Wildlife Refuge. Cambridge Maryland is about a 2 1/2 hour drive from home and we crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge almost at the half way point. 

On the road heading toward Blackwater NWR we passed this field of sunflowers. The farm has a stand selling veggies and fruits. They also had a field where you could pick your own blackberries.

The Blackwater NWR wildlife drive is 4 miles long, it has various spaces to pull over and watch the birds and wildlife. Blackwater NWR is designated as an Important Bird Area. 

One of the first birds I saw heading toward the wildlife and refuge was this Red-headed Woodpecker. 

The Osprey nest can be seen from our car. There are 2 juveniles along with the 2 adult ospreys on this nest. 

A view of the Blackwater wetlands, there are terns perched on this posts. See if you can find a turtle toward the middle center of the photo. 

This is a closer look at the turtle. It is big, we saw 5-6 turtles in this area. 

Great Blue Heron

We sat in our car and watched this family of Bald Eagles together. The juvenile looked like it was throwing a fit over missing the meal. 

Pretty view of the wetland and sky. 

"Kindness is choosing love over hate, light over darkness, compassion over judgement."

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Saturday's Critters # 263

Welcome to Saturday's Critters !

I want to thank everyone who has visited and commented on my blog this past year. I wish you all the best in 2019 and a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!   


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!

I am sharing some of my favorites birds from the past year's blog posts. I hope you enjoy.  I wish everyone a happy, healthy New Year. 

January 2018, a Blue Jay

February 2018, a couple of Blue Birds.

March 2018, the Great Blue Herons return to the neighborhood nest.

April, 2018 a couple of Pine Warblers with a Downy woodpecker.

May 2018, an American Bittern

June 2018, a Summer Tanager

July 2018, Osprey with chicks on nest. 

August 2018,  A Red-headed Woodpecker

September 2018 a couple of Bobolinks. 

October 2018,  on the last day of the month a Brown Creeper

 November 2018, for most of this month the Eastern Screech owl was seen in my front yard.

December 2018, the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker came daily to the feeder. 

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