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"Autumn leaves are nature's way of showing us how beautiful it is to let go."
"Autumn is the season that teaches us change can be beautiful."
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1. June 11-12th, hubby and I enjoyed an overnight trip to Shenandoah National Park, we like the Skyline Drive, hiking on the Limberlost trail and stopping at all the overlooks and of course the trails at Big Meadows. Below are photos from Shenandoah, birds that were seen and wildflowers and scenic views.
2. Below are the Eastern Towhee, a Veery and I am guessing the Eastern Wood-Pewee.
I've been using the Merlin Bird Id app on my phone while I am out hiking, below are two screen shots of the birds I could hear while hiking on the Limberlost Trail.
The Eastern Towhees were heard and seen all along the trail.
3. The Mountain Laurels were blooming beautifully along the Limberlost Trail.
4. The Mountain Laurel blooms were either white or a pretty pink color.
5. Our walk on the trail at Big Meadows , we saw some butterflies and lots of wildflowers.
My first of the year Monarch Butterfly sighting.
6. Birds seen at the Big Meadows were the Song Sparrows and the Field Sparrows and near the parking lot were the Cedar Waxwings.
7. Stopping at various overlooks at the scenic views of the Appalachian Mountains, the White-tailed Deer , wild Columbine and an Indigo Bunting.
8. The Limberlost Trail has always been a favorite of mine, below it looks like I captured a young Brown Thrasher, we saw family of Wild Turkeys close to the parking lot.
Shenandoah National Park is one of my favorite parks to visit, it is nice to stay overnight and be able to visit later in the day and early in the morning. I hope you enjoyed the photos.
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Limberlost trail, Shenandoah National Park
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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!
July 5-6 , for a short getaway and to see some different scenery we went to Shenandoah National Park. We spent the night in Harrisonburg Va , drove the Skyline Drive both days. We hiked on the Limberlost Trail and the Big Meadows.
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1. Various images from our Skyline Drive, the hike on Limberlost and Big Meadows, various wildflowers and scenic views.
2. A skywatch and view from one of the many scenic overlooks on the Skyline Drive.
4. White-tailed Deer crossing the Skyline Drive.
5. Another look at the Deer, I enjoy seeing all wildlife.
6. A Dark-eyed Junco was seen on the Big Meadows camp store parking lot.
7. Some of the birds we saw on our Shenandoah visit and hikes, A Wood Thrush, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrows, Dark-eyed Junco, Downy Woodpecker, White-tailed Deer, American Robin, Indigo Bunting and am American Redstart.
8. A larger image of the Wood Thrush
8. This was my first time seeing a snail in a shell.
9. American Redstart, possible Viceroy butterfly, wildflowers, Indigo Bunting.
11. A closer look at the Indigo Bunting.
Shenandoah NP is one of our favorite places to visit, we try to visit as often as we can. I hope you enjoyed going along on our little getaway and my photos.
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Happy Monday! Happy November!!
October flew by, it is like time is an illusion. We are still hanging in there, happy and healthy. I hope everyone is safe, happy and healthy. We are trying to find ways to get outdoors, go on a hike and see some different scenery. On this day, hubby and I took a day trip to Shenandoah Nat'l Park. We were hoping to see the gorgeous fall colors and beautiful trees and maybe some wildlife.
1. We drove the Skyline drive from Front Royal to the Big Meadows a total of 51 miles. This scenic drive is only 35mph and it takes about one hour and 20 minutes. It may takes us longer, we like to pullover onto the overlooks to check out the views.
2. We could see the early morning fog down in the valley from one of the overlooks.
2. We always start the Skyline Drive from the northern park entrance at the town of Front Royal Virginia. We saw one deer, the whole day. Not much wildlife around, I always hope to see a black bear.
3. After driving a few hours, it feels good to take a walk on my favorite trail called Limberlost. I heard some birds along the way, but no photos. The birds were camera shy that day.
4. We did see some colors up close on the Limberlost trail, I always enjoy the shadows.
5. We sat in our car with our picnic, with a view of the Big Meadows. Our picnic was a PB&J sandwich with chips and some dark chocolate for a snack. Hubby is out there with the binocs.
6. A view from one of the overlooks, the colors were just so-so to me. We saw some pretty reds and yellows here and there. Mostly browns and rust colors. Did we miss the peak color time, maybe.
7. Not the best photo, but I watched these 2 raptors in flight while parked at one of the overlooks. They looked smaller in size than a Vulture. They were a distance away, but they circled a few times and was joined by a 3 bird all similar in size.
At home during bad weather days, I am spending time reading on my kindle. There are so many mystery series to read. Right now, I am reading a humorous mystery called Outfoxed by David Rosenfelt, it is # 14 in the Andy Carpenter series.
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