Saturday's Critters # 245

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

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!

This week I am sharing more birds, butterflies and blooms from my yard.  The hot, humid and rainy days not best for any birding outings.


Female Cardinal and a Mourning Dove.

Female American Goldfinch

 Is this the Black Swallowtail butterfly?

The Chipping Sparrows are regular summer visitors.

Tiger Swallowtail Buttterfly

Monarch on purple coneflower.

Ruby Throated-Humminbird at the butterfly bush.

Another shot of the hummer at the Buddleia butterfly bush.

I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments!

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Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.

Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Saturday's Critters # 244

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

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!

Here are some of my  back yard birds, butterflies and critters.

The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have found some place to perch in the nearby blueberry bushes which are really close to their feeders.

The neighborhood squirrels are well fed here, I stopped using the thistle sock because the darn squrrels would chew a hole in them and the seed would just fall out.  I started buying the thistle seed and put in a small feeder and you can see the squirrel made himself at home on the feeder.

Black Swallowtail and  a Great Spangled Fritillary.

Black Swallowtail

Spangled Fritillary.

Tiger Swallotwtail

Ruby-throated Hummingbird perched in blueberry bush.

I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments! 

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Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.

Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Thankful Thursday

Hello & Happy Thankful Thursday!

I am sharing some flowers and birds from my yard. Summer is going so quickly, we are even seeing some fall colors on a little bit of leaves around the neighborhood. 

A Ruby-throated Humminbgbird outside my dining room window. Ignore white curtain on the left. 

"A life without dreams is like a garden without flowers."


Love the hummers, I've been watching a family of 6 at the my flowers and feeders.

Buddleia, a surprise butterfly bush not far from our little pond.

Salvia and purple Bee Balm on the deck, attracts the hummers and butterflies. The bees like these flowers too.

"Every flower is  a soul, blossoming in nature."

On the other side is a pretty Lantana growing.

Blue sky day with an Eastern Kingbird.

I am thankful to see a family of Hummingbird in my yard, their nest must be close by.   

I am thankful my hubby has a green thumb.


I am thankful for all your visits and comments. 




Thank you Michelle for hosting Thankful Thursday. 
Thank you to the hosts of   Skywatch Friday


Happy Monday, enjoy your day and new week!

Thanks so much for visiting and for your nice comments on my previous post. Have a happy day!

Saturday's Critters #239

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

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!

These are some birds and a butterfly from my yard. The Great Blue Heron found my little pond and was seen often sticking it's beak in the pond and eating something. I think it found some tadpoles or frogs to eat. After a few days, it went missing I am hoping it found a way back to it's nest with the other herons.

The juvenile Great Blue Heron takes a walk around the yard and finds my little pond.

The White-breasted Nuthatch is a regular visitor to the feeders.

A Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly on our Bee Balm.

The House Wren can be heard loud and clear even while I am inside my house. It is loud!

American Goldfinches and House Finches are regular visitors to the feeders. Those darn squirrels chewed a hole in my thistle sock.  I had to save some thistle seeds in a different feeder.

The young Great Blue Heron was seen walking all around my yard.  Below it is next to our shed.

The female Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 

I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments this past year !

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Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.

Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Saturday's Critters #202

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

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I am sharing a mish-mash of images from the end of September to the middle of October. Some photos were  taken in my yard, some on the fire road  and at our lake.

Sept 29th, I was seeing at least two Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at my feeders.

Sept 30th while walking on the fire road we found a toad. Luckily, I did NOT step on the toad, it looked camouflaged in the leaves.

Oct 1st, the Yellowlegs was still being seen at the lake, near the mudflat area.  Great or Lesser, that is the question?

Oct 1st, a group of Canada Geese at the lake.

Oct 1st, a Ruby Throated Hummingbird still visiting the feeders.

Oct 10th Marlow, our neighbor's dog.

Oct 13th an Eastern Phoebe on my deck

I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments! I hope you enjoy my post and photos too! Thanks to everyone who left me comments on my last post, your visits are always appreciated. 

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Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.

Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Saturday's Critters #195

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

If you love critters 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 more of my backyard birds, butterflies and critters. Most of the photos were take during the month of August.

A young Gray Catbird, I was taking photos of my Trumpet vine flowers when this bird suddenly appeared. Perfect timing for my photo.

A pair of Chipping Sparrows, they have been my most common bird along with the Cardinal this summer.

A Painted Lady butterfly

A Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher lives in the woods next to our house. Sometimes it comes over to our bushes and trees looking for bugs to eat.

A bunny on the deck steps. The morning glory plant is going great this year, it is covering our fence and starting to take over.

A pair of House Wrens. It was raining in this photo, if you look closely you can see the raindrops.

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird sitting on a buddleia leaf.

Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly on buddleia.

My hummers loved this Lantana plant and flowers.

Great Spangled Butterflies.

Another Spicebush or Pipevine Swallowtail.

Cedar Waxwing, a couple of them landed in our dead weeping cherry tree. We left the dead tree standing just for the birds, they seem to like perching in this tree.

A large bullfrog by our little pond.

Various butterflies seen in my yard this in August.

I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments! I hope you enjoy my post and photos too!


Here is a list of my linky parties;
Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.

Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!