Saturday's Critters # 621

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

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As usual I am still behind sharing photos.  I am sharing a variety of photos. They are from my walks with Miney, our back yard birds and fire road walks.

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

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1. I wish the hummingbirds were still here, but these photos are Sept 13th. I was looking out for my Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. I like to record the last back yard sighting of the hummers. My last hummingbird sighting was Sept 29th. 

Same day I am looking for the fall time warblers arriving in my back yard.  They do love the berries on the Devil's Walking Stick plant. Below is the Tennessee Warbler. 

Again the same day, below is the Cape May Warbler. It is one of the more common warblers I have been seeing at the berries.  

2. Sept 14th, my walk with Miney on the local fire road.  

The Cape May Warblers continue to be seen eating the berries.

It's not often we see a colorful sunset but this day ended quite colorful. 

3. Sept 15th, a quick walk with Miney.  

4. Sept 17th, the Peacock is sitting on top of our swing. 

5. Sept 18th, we leave early in the morning for hubby's Dialysis treatment on this morning I heard a Screech Owl calling near the end of our driveway. Later in the day I notice the the Hummingbird sitting on a metal butterfly near the feeder. 

Sept 19, a walk with Miney to the lake, a few trees looking colorful.  

7. I am sharing flashback photos of past year backyard Warblers.  Below is the Black-throated Blue Warbler, it is another warbler that loves the berries. I saw this bird this year outside my den window. 

Below is the Fall Black-throated Green Warbler.

Below is the Nashville Warbler from my archives of backyard warblers.

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Saturday's Critters # 599

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

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Again I am sharing a mish-mash of photos dating back to late April. The photos are from our walks to the lake, on the local fire road and from my back yard. 

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1. April 22nd, another day and another walk with Miney to the lake.  We saw a few Double-crested Cormorants and the turtles were out sunning on the rock and logs. 

"Bird songs, nature's sweet melodies."

2. April 22nd, I use the Merlin app to id the birds I heard on our walk to the lake. It seems we have a mix of year round birds, winter birds and the new arrivals for the summer season. 

The Pine Warbler is a breeder in my area, I often seen and hear them on my deck and in our yard. The male is a bright yellow color with some streaks on it's chest. 

3. April  22nd, my metal moose is being surrounded by the creeping phlox.

4. April 23rd,  this is my first sighting of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird this spring.  I am always happy to see them return to my yard and feeder. The background is our Redbud tree which looked beautiful this Spring.

5. April 23rd, my back yard birds are the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, I saw and heard the Great-crested Flycatcher and a Tufted Titmouse.

I am including an older photo of the Great-crested Flycatcher, it is  pretty bird. 

6. April 24th, our walk with Miney on the local fire road and a Carolina Chickadee on top of  a pine tree. 

I am sharing an older photo of mine which shows the pretty Northern Parula.

7. April 26th, in between rain drops I stood on my deck and listened to the birds that are around my yard.  It was nice to hear the Wood Thrush back for the summer season. 

Here is an older collage of the Ovenbird, it is another bird that breeds in my area.  We hear them often on our walk now, they have a loud call. 

8. Flashback to some of my Florida birds, the Limpkin was seen in various parks during our visits.  I included one of my videos where the Limpkin is calling, they make a strange sound. Limpkins are large wading birds, they have long curved bill which is yellow with a dark tip. They eat mainly apple snails. 

Flashback Florida various sightings of the Limpkin:

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Saturday's Critters # 566

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

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A sad message and remembrance, I know a few bloggers remember Ken and his blog, he lived in Florida for awhile and posted about his walks there and on the birds that visited his back yard. He eventually moved to Connecticut to live with his daughter since he was so sick. Prayers and condolences to his family, Ken will be missed. Thanks to Diane of Lavender dreams blog for letting me know about Ken passing. 

Ken - Rosyfinch Ramblings:  https://mulryanfh.com/tribute/details/2253/Kenneth-Schneider-MD-MPH/obituary.html

1. These images are from Sept 1st, I saw around 4-5 Baltimore Orioles enjoying the Devil's Walking stick berries. The Peacock was sitting on the deck rail and the Pileated Woodpecker was on a tree outside the bedroom window. 

The male Baltimore Oriole, a few males and one female. The Baltimore Oriole is Maryland's state bird. I was happy to see these birds in my yard eating the berries.  

2. Sept 3rd, we stopped at the Susquehanna River State Park picnic area, at the pond area we saw a few slider turtles with a Green Heron. 

3. A closer look at one of the turtles and the Green Heron. 

4. Great Blue Heron at the Susquehanna River., 

5. Double-crested Cormorant sitting on a rock in the Susquehanna River.

6. Looking outside my dining room window, I saw the silhouette of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird enjoying the fuchsia flowers.

7. Sept 4th, below are the Cape May Warblers. The second photo is the more colorful male Cape May Warbler. 

Male Cape May Warbler, almost hidden by all the Devil's Walking Stick berries. 

8. Backyard bunny!

9. Sept 4th NCR bike trail, I believe this is a family of Eastern Phoebes. 

10. Sept 6th , backyard birds are the  Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Robins. The American Robins were enjoying the berries on the Devil's Walking Stick tree/bush. 

Later the same day we took our walk on the NCR trail, I noticed some American Goldfinches eating seeds off a plant nearby and the Belted Kingfisher was perched on a branch over the water. 

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 # 564

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

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These are images from August, as usual I am behind sharing my photos. The photos are from my backyard, our walks to the lake, a walk on the NCR bike trail and on the local fire roads. I have more Alaska photos to share, they are coming soon.

1. In August I seemed to be refilling my hummingbird feeders often. This male below sits close-by one feeder, chasing away any hummingbird that comes close. 

2. The Fritillary Butterfly along with the Black Swallowtails are common butterflies seen on our Buddleia Bush. 

3. Aug 11, one of my backyard Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. On the bottom row are the Tufted Titmouse.

4. Aug 16th my back yard bunny.

Our walk on the local fire road I found an Ovenbird, it was quiet and seemed to be watching us. 

5. Aug 18th , our walk to the lake. We saw a juvenile Bald Eagle, a Green Heron and the Canada Goose.

6. Aug 19th, a Black Bear was seen on our deck and it got into our trash can. This visit was almost  a month later than the previous bear visit. We thought it would be safe to put out our trash can.  The bear also drank water from the bowl we had out for the Peacock.  The previous Black Bear visit was on July 11th. I am not sure if this recent bear was one of the two that visited in July. The first bear sighting was on May 3rd, we were walking on our local fire road and we saw the bear foraging in forest along the trail. It is amazing we have seen more bears in our back yard than we saw in Alaska. 

7. Aug 20th our walk on the local NCR bike trail. We saw a few deer, wildflowers and an Eastern Phoebe hanging out near the river.

8. Aug 23rd, I finally was able to find two Monarch butterflies on our Buddleia Bush. Bottom row more common butterflies seen were the Fritillary butterflies. 

Aug 30th, the male Cardinal flies to the deck railing when he sees me come outside with the bag of peanut nuggets.

Aug 31st, our walk on one of the local fire roads at Prettyboy watershed. The birds on the top right photo are two Eastern Kingbirds, a Box Turtle, insects on milkweed plant, Eastern Phoebe and a White-breasted Nuthatch.

This post takes me to the end of August, except for two days we visited Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware. I will share those photos in a separate post.  

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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