Saturday's Critters # 652

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"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir

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This post continues with our little getaway to the Eastern shore of Maryland, we stopped on the way home at the Blackwater Wildlife Refuge.  We saw so many birds, Eagles and Osprey were plentiful. There were Egrets, Herons, Red-headed Woodpecker, Brown-headed Nuthatches, various shorebirds and gulls. 

1. Below are an Osprey couple, one Osprey  eating a fish perched on the side of the nest.  

My Merlin App showed just some of the birds seen and heard at the Blackwater wildlife refuge in Cambridge Maryland. 

2. Seen below are the Brown-headed Nuthatch top left and the Eastern Bluebird top right. Bottom left is the red-headed Woodpecker and a Killdeer on the right. 

3. We saw some Great Egrets hanging about in the wetlands. 

The Great Blue Herons are a common sight to see along the wildlife drive. 

4. My Merlin App picked up both the Lesser Yellowlegs and the Greater Yellowlegs. 

5. The Ospreys and Eagle sightings were plentiful.  I think both the Ospreys and the Eagles are impressive beautiful birds.  

6. There were two Eaglets in the nest, this photo is heavily cropped.

7. This pair of Eagles posed in a pine tree that was next to the wildlife drive. 

8. The sun was reflecting on the Glossy Ibis

A Killdeer with two chicks at the visitor center. 

Killdeer chick looked cute, it was seen on the visitor center parking lot. 

I hope you enjoyed my bird sightings at the Blackwater Wildlife refuge, these photos were all taken from my car window. My reason for not being perfect photos.  

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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. 

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 # 598

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

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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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