Saturday's Critters # 578

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

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As usual I am behind, posting my photos on our outings and walks in various parks, my neighborhood and my back yard birdwatching. These are all from November and some December photos. 

1. Nov 1st, this mosaic and the next one are from our walk at the local Leister Park in Hampstead Md. They have a nice walking trail and I can usually find some birds. Below are images of the trail, a flock of blackbirds, a Squirrel and a unknown Hawk, we met and passed by a women and her three Corgis on their walk and there were some beautiful Autumn colors.

2. Also off the trail we saw a flock of Cedar Waxwings eating berries. 

3. On the way home from the park above, I was driving down our street and saw this Bald Eagle on the ground eating something unknown.

4. Nov 3rd, we have many options for our walks around the Prettyboy watershed, this is one of our favorites. We saw a flock of Dark-eyed Juncos eating off the ground and a Turkey Vulture in flight and bottom left are the neighbors turkeys that she raises to sell for Thanksgiving. 

5. Nov 5, Our walk on the NCR rail trail in Parkton, we saw a Great Blue Heron, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Carolina Chickadee, male Downy Woodpecker and a White-breasted Nuthatch.

6. Nov 7th, we drove a little further away for our walk at the Conowingo Dam and Susquehanna River. We wanted to see if the Bald Eagles arrived.  We only saw a few Eagles both juvenile and adult Bald Eagles.  There were plenty of Black Vultures, Cormorants and a Great Blue Heron and we saw a deer off the river trail below the dam.

7. Another walk on our local Prettyboy fire road, I saw lots of berries and a cute bunny.

8. Another fire road walk to the front section of the Prettyboy reservoir, we saw a group of Canada Geese and we saw that the female Hooded Mergansers have arrived for the winter. 

9. Dec 7, I looked out my kitchen door and noticed our missing Peacock was back on our deck.  He gobbled up some of the peanut suet nuggets that I feed my birds.

10. Bonus: Nov 10th, our granddaughter Sophie was baptized.

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 # 548

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

Happy Father's Day, I hope your day is great! 

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1. I am sharing a mish-mash of photos from various dates, a walk at the Susquehanna River State Park. Spring is a great time to see lots of bluebells in bloom along the trail. Below is also a Chipping Sparrow, Slider Turtle and the Bald Eagle. 

The Bald Eagles are seen regularly at the Susquehanna River trail. 

2. Back home from our Arizona trip we visited DIL and our  sweet grandsons (they enjoy bubble time out in the yard) and our cute grand-dog Winnie the Corgi. 

3. The Pink Lady Slippers return every year along our local fire road trail.  

4. One day I could hear the Scarlet Tanager ❤️  in my back yard, I scanned the tree tops and found this beauty.  ☺️

5. I am not sure which bird is using this house, one time I looked it was a House Wren and the next time there was an Eastern Bluebird.  

6. One day I looked out my kitchen window and my neighbors Peacock was walking along our deck railing. I think it was pecking at the nuggets crumbs left by my yard birds.  This first sighting was on May 9th, it has been a visitor just about every day. 

7. Our walk on the local NCR trail, we saw lots of the Dames Rocket blooms, is it a Solitary or Spotted Sandpiper (I never saw the front of this Sandpiper), Common Yellowthroat Warbler, Gray Catbird, Eastern Phoebe and a Canada Geese family. I heard more birds than I photographed, heading back to the car I saw a Green Heron, it spooked easily and flew away. 😟

I never know what is going to show up in my yard, one week it was the Black Bear and the next week it is the Peacock. I am glad I am always looking out my windows. You never know what will be out there.  

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 # 465

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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!

Taking a break from the Kauai vacation photos, I have images from our daily outings. Hubby and I are still trying to take our walks, sometimes just locally on the fire roads and to the lake, we have visited Conowingo Dam and Susquehanna River State Park and another local park called Irvine Nature Center.  

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1. Oct 6th, our walk was local to the lake. We usually always see some Canada Geese, a Northern Flicker was calling out from high in the tree and a Double-crested Cormorant was on the lake. 

2. Oct 7th, another walk on our local fire road. We are seeing lots of berries, looking very colorful. A Hermit Thrush was seen and we have been seeing lots of American Robins.  

3. The Hermit Thrush is a pretty bird, posing nicely for my photo.

4. Oct 9th, I saw this Ruby-crowned Kinglet hopping around on the ground right in front of me.  

On this day we walked to the lake, the fall colors are looking pretty. Two Double-crested Cormorants were hanging out at the lake. 

5. Oct 15th, hubby and I drive to the Conowingo Dam and the Susquehanna River State Park. We saw a few Bald Eagles, lots of Black Vultures, Great Blue Herons, Canada Geese, Gulls and Cormorants. 

This Bald Eagle looks like it is holding on tight to a fish.  

6. I liked watching these gulls, sometimes diving in the Susquehanna river hoping to catch a fish. 

7. Oct 20th, hubby and I took our walk at a local county park called the Irvine Nature Center. We saw the Northern Flicker, Mockingbirds, Eastern Bluebirds, lots of camera shy birds, White-throated Sparrows and a few unknown raptors. 

8. A larger look at the raptor, we watched 4-5 of these raptors chasing each other. They seemed very vocal. 

9. A closer look at one of the Eastern Bluebirds, one of my all time favorite birds. 

A bonus photo from Halloween, my two cute grandsons, Wyatt the Baby Yoda and Mason the pumpkin. 

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Saturday's Critters # 414

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!

Hubby and I took a short day trip to the Conowingo Dam and the Susquehanna River State Park to see the Bald Eagles. In November the Bald Eagles gather at the river just below the dam. Previous years the Eagle count was close to 200. I think we went a little too early, we will make another trip soon.  We saw numerous Double-crested Cormorants, various Gull species, Turkey Vultures and the Black Vultures and the local resident Great Blue Herons. The Ring Billed Gulls dominate but the Herring Gull and the Great Black-backed Gulls can be seen too. 

1. Below on the dam walls, are a few immature Bald Eagles, Double-crested Cormorants with a line of Gulls, 2 Great Blue Herons with a Bald Eagle, immature Bald Eagle with a few Black Vultures. 

2. There was 3 immature  Bald Eagles perched on the dam wall. 

3. One of the many Bald Eagles seen at the Susquehanna River and Conowingo Dam. 

4.   A Bald Eagle, Black Vultures and an immature Bald Eagle with a fish perched on the tower.

5. A line up of Gulls and a group of the Double-crested Cormorants.

6. Below mixed in with the rocks are an immature Bald Eagle, adult Bald Eagle and the Great Blue Heron. 

7.  Some views of the Susquehanna River State Park.

8.  Below images are the Golden-crowned Kinglet on the left and the Downy Woodpecker on the right.  

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Saturday's Critters # 389

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend! 

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I have some more birds that I saw during our outing to the Susquehanna River SP and Conowingo Dam.  We saw lots of Great Blue Herons. There were too many Double-crested Cormorants to count. We saw a few Tree Swallows, an Osprey in a tree eating a fish and I already posted on the Bald Eagles. 

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1. Besides numerous Bald Eagles, there were hundreds or maybe thousands of Double-crested Cormorants.  The were everywhere we looked.  

2. Some of the wildflowers see along the Susquehanna River trail. 

Dutchman Breeches, Trillium, unknown white flowers, Eastern Bluebells and a Redbud tree.  

3. A fisherman and a view of the Susquehanna River, you can see the I-95 highway bridge in the distance. 

4. Osprey has a nice sized fish, breakfast is served.

5. Double-crested Cormorants were perched on just about every rock sticking out of the river.  

6. There is a Great Blue Heron rookery on the island in the middle of the river, just below the dam.  

7. I counted at least 7 Great Blue Herons on their nest in the photo below.  

8. Besides seeing the Great Blue Herons on the nest, they were standing out on the river and rocks.  

9. Below are some Bald Eagles and more Double-crested Cormorants perched on the rocks on the river's edge. 

10. Right below the dam, the Great Blue Herons, Bald Eagles, Double-crested Cormorants and a Black Vulture are hanging out together. 

 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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