Saturday's Critters # 627

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

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas! Do you have a wish for Christmas? I have a wish besides peace and love, joy and good health for us all.

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Not a Christmasy post, my wish for this Christmas to see some of these birds once again.  From my archives I have a few favorite lifers, they were seen either in Maryland parks and in my back yard. I was lucky to see these birds, I have not seen most of these birds for a long time.  I wonder why they have disappeared. 

My sighting of a Fox Sparrow in my back yard. 

It has been awhile since I have seen a Fox Sparrow. 

Common Redpoll was seen at the Black Hills Regional Park, Boyds Maryland .

 A rare sighting of the Evening Grosbeaks in my yard, I had 3-4 show up at my feeders on Oct 25-26th, 2012. 

The Pine Siskins are not a rare bird, but there were years I saw many of them at my feeders in the winter months. It has been years since I have seen one in my yard. 

The Indigo Bunting is seen and heard in my yard and neighborhood. One of my favorite summer birds. 

The Indigo Bunting was one of my favorite yard birds, it is a lovely bird.  

The Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were another bird that would appear in the spring as they were migrating north?  It has been years since I have seen one in my yard.  

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 # 594

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

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Wishing everyone a happy month of May. Tomorrow is our 35th anniversary. Usually we try to take a trip close to or on our anniversary but this year we will be staying home. I am seeing and hearing some of our Spring birds returning like the Eastern Phoebe and the Pine Warbler has been very vocal lately. 

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1. March 14, my first critter on this post, is Miney on one of our walks on the local fire road.  I hope you all are not tired of seeing Miney, she is a sweet and cute dog. 

2. March 16th on our walks with Miney, I am also looking for birds. At this time I was hearing more than I could see and photograph.  The Woodpeckers, Titmouse, Chickadees, Cardinals and Crows were the most common birds I heard along the trail.

3. March 18th, walking Miney on the NCR trail in Parkton Md. There are 3 bridges we cross and in the water below I noticed these large fish, some were in orange and some looked black or brown? I am not sure but we were told they were some kind of trout?  Fishing is allowed in this spot, in some areas any fish caught has to be put back in the water. 

4. March 18th, orange fish and some are black or brown colored fish. 

5. March 19, these are the birds I  saw at the Hashawha Nature Park: Eastern Bluebird, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrows, Cardinal, Mockingbird, Miney and the Slider Turtles. 

6. March 19th a Song Sparrow high in a tree next to the trail. On this photo you can see the obvious breast spot. 

7. March 19th, our walk with Miney was at the Hashawha Nature Park. 

March 19th, back at home we are seeing the Peacock on the warmer days. I am not sure if  Mr Peacock and our dog Miney will be friends.  

8. Flashback to May 2019, a few of my backyard feeder birds. I saw a great variety of birds when I had my bird feeders up. In the mosaics below are the Pine Warbler and the Pine Siskins in the first image. The second mosaic are two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.

Flashback to May 2019, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.

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 # 573

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

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I am trying to catch up with my photos, these are from my backyard, our walks on the local fire roads and to the lake, Hashawha Nature Center and the local NCR bike trail.

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1. September is the time to see the Warblers in my backyard, they love the berries on the Devil's Walking Stick. Below are the Cape May Warbler, female Cardinal and a young deer in my yard.

2. The Lantana plant and the Fuchsia were looking beautiful throughout September, a female Scarlet Tanager was seen at the same berries.  The Hummingbird and butterflies love these plants.

3. The mosaic below is made of photos from our walk at the Hashawha Nature Center, Below are the American Robin, House Finch, Deer , Groundhog, female House Finch, Gray Catbird and a unknown warbler hiding behind some leaves.

4. The Eastern Bluebirds, 4-5 bluebirds were hanging around the birdhouse. They might use the house during the colder nights to stay warm.

5. Sept 22, our walk to the Prettyboy Reservoir. We saw a Green Heron and just a few leaves were starting to turn pretty colors. 

The Green Heron look like it was hiding in the bushes on the lake shore.

6. September 23rd, I saw a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the Devil's Walking Stick berries. 

7. Below several mosaics are all from Sept 24, my backyard birds.  The Hermit Thrush was enjoying the berries. I saw two together on the Devil's Walking Stick, bottom left photo. 

On the same day as above and at the same back yard berries, are the Northern Parula, Cape May Warbler, Brown Thrasher and a female Scarlet Tanager. 

Below same day Sept 24 in my backyard, are the Northern Flicker and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

Again on the same day Sept 24, I found the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker eating the berries. 

The Peacock came for a visit to our deck, perched on the deck railing.

8. Sept 26, below more birds at the berries, the Black-throated Blue Warbler, Mourning Doves, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, American Robin, Tennessee Warbler and a Northern Flicker.

9.  Not the best photo, looking through my bedroom window blind at the Pileated Woodpecker. Another bird that loves those berries on the Devil's Walking Stick.

10. Sept 29, the cottontail bunnies love our yard. I saw this one on our driveway.

Sept 30th, I heard the Gray Catbird knocking on our den window.  I took a few photos of the Catbird sitting in the Rhododendron right outside the window.

This post takes me through the end of September, I am still behind sharing my critter photos.  I hope you enjoyed the birds and wildlife.

Today is my son's birthday, Happy Birthday Brian!🎈🎂

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 # 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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