My mish-mash

I have a list below of memes I am joining for this week, and to save time I am doing one post for all. They are all fun memes to participate in...I hope you can join in with the fun  and check out some of the participating posts. Special thanks to all the wonderful host and their memes, I hope you have some time to check them out.

I am sharing a mishmash of images.  On these cold winter days I enjoy walking on my treadmill in the warm house. I can watch the birds out the window as I walk. On one day I found a new bird for my Treadmill bird list, it was the Fox Sparrow.

The Fox Sparrow was a new bird for my treadmill window sightings. They are pretty sparrows, with lovely colors.

My list of treadmill birds below is growing, I am up to 25 now. I may have missed one or two. I have photos of most of them, just for my records and some I have already blogged about.

My Treadmill bird list

1. Northern Parula
2. Ovenbird
3. Wood Thrush
4. Mockingbird
5. Cardinal
6. Blue Jay
7. Dark-eyed Junco
8. White-throated Sparrow
9. House Sparrow
10. Screech Owl
11. Tufted Titmouse
12. Carolina Wren
13. Carolina Chickadee
14. Gray Catbird
15. Cooper's hawk
16. Red-bellied Woodpecker
17. Hermit Thrush
18. Veery
19. Mourning Dove
20. Common Grackle
21. Eastern Towhee
22. American Crow
23. Fox Sparrow
24. Field Sparrow
25. Northern Flicker..no photo

Updated Feb 9th, my latest Treadmill window bird was this Field Sparrow. He/she was hanging out with a big group of White-throated Sparrows.

Various sky shots from my yard and deck.

The view of the woods and sky next to our driveway.

Lately I am seeing a lot of White-throated Sparrows out my treadmill window. I am happy to have a nice view of the birds while I am on my treadmill.
Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate your visits and nice comments. Have a happy day and new week ahead!


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Thanks to Judith our  host of Mosaic Monday

Thanks to Michelle for hosting Nature Notes

Thanks to the hosting team of Our World Tuesday!

Thanks to Stewart for hosting Wild Bird Wednesday

Saturday's Critters #112

Saturday's Critters #112

Happy Saturday, it's time to share your critters and post. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who is linking in with this week's critter party.

Happy Chinese New Year!!

February 8th is the Chinese New Year and 2016 is the year of the monkey. I noticed that my hubby, son and I were all born in the year of the monkey. Just a bit of info for you, I am a monkey. 

These are the years of the Monkey: 1920, 1932,1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016

What is your Chinese Zodiac animal.  The sign of the monkey means that we are quick-witted, charming, lucky, adaptable, bright, versatile, lively and smart. I am sure LOL, if you know me well you already know I am all of these wonderful traits. 

Above is a Howler Monkey (maybe a relative of mine) we saw while touring Costa Rica.

Back to my backyard birds and critters..a cute Carolina Wren outside my dining room window.

The Red-bellied Woodpecker pecking his way through the ice on this feeder.

I am not sure what we can do about these critters that have made holes all around our yard. We have well water and can not use poison. So for now they are just cute critters. This is the first time I actually got to see one of these critters out my treadmill window.  

I hope you enjoyed my post and images. As always thanks for the visits and the nice comments. I also thank everyone who is linking up and sharing their critters..

Happy Saturday, have a great weekend!

An InLinkz Link-up

To see more beautiful birds and cute critters, check out these two memes below.

Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.  Also check out Camera Critters. Thanks to Misty for hosting this fun meme.

Saturday's Critters #99

Saturday's Critters #99

Happy Saturday, it's time to share your critters and post. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who is linking in  and those who are just visiting this week's critter party.

I am sharing some of the birds I see out my treadmill window. I do not watch TV while on the treadmill like some do. But, my treadmill faces my front yard and there is a rhododendron bush, pine tree and the red maple right outside the window. The birds all love this bush, sometimes I sprinkle some bird seed on the ground for them to eat.. I am able to watch my birds while walking on the treadmill. I do have to stop my walking to take their photos though.

An Ovenbird on the left and a Wood Thrush on the right stopped by on the same day in September.These shots were all taken thru the window, I wish the images were better.

The Blue Jays are regular visitors. I had to put decals on my window to stop the Cardinals and some other birds from attacking their reflections.

The Titmouse flies in grabs a seed off the ground and will then open the seed on one of the branches.

Sometimes I see the bunny and the chipmunks.

This day I got a  blurry shot of the Gray Catbird.

My favorite sighting was when the neighborhood Mockingbird and some Cardinals chased this Red Morph Screech Owl into my front yard right outside my treadmill window. It was the first time I have ever seen an owl in my yard. I have heard them calling at various times. I still hear the Mockingbird fussing so I have a feeling the Screech Owl is still close by my yard.

I hope you enjoyed my critter post and images.. As always I appreciate my blogging friends joining in on my Saturday Critter party. Thanks for linking up and I also appreciate the nice comments and my visitors. Have a Happy Weekend.

An InLinkz Link-up

To see more beautiful birds and cute critters, check out these two memes below.

Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.  Also check out Camera Critters. Thanks to Misty for hosting this fun meme.