Saturday's Critters # 643

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

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1. Hubby and I went out for a walk, we decided to drive by the Friendly Farms Ponds to see if there were some ducks.  I saw a few Bufflehead and there were more Ring-necked Ducks seen below in the mosaic. 

2. Below are a few Bufflehead, they have white below and a white patch on their heads with black on the back. 

3. Below are some Ring-necked Ducks with a male Bufflehead. 

These ducks are the Ring-necked Ducks. They have white ring on the bill. 

4. These images are from our 2 miles roundtrip hike to the Prettyboy lake. I  could hear the Canada Geese soon after we started walking. I was surprised to see a large flock of Tundra Swans, various ducks and a Horned Grebe. 

My Merlin App captured birds along the fire road to the lake. 

5.There was a layer of fog hanging right above the water.  

6. The largest count of birds were the Canada Geese, they were spread out all around the lake shore and on the lake.  

7. The fog was not the greatest for taking photos of the lake, the geese and swans. 

8. A pair of Bald Eagles were sitting in their usual tree above the water.  

Below are large groups of Canada Geese and Tundra Swans. 

 

On the lake I found a Horned Grebe.

We drove around the lake stopping at the dam and I found a small group of Common Mergansers.  The Males are a pretty white bottom with a green head. 

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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Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is your the pilot."

Tundra Swans at Blackwater Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge Maryland.

Bye-bye January, hello February!

"Time flies but memories last forever."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday's Critters # 383

 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 went to see the Snow Geese at the Middle Creek WMA near Stevens Pennsylvania. The visitor center was closed due to Covid but the motor tour was open. The beginning of March the Snow Geese can be seen in huge flocks migrating north. We saw thousands of Snow Geese,  lots of Tundra Swans and various ducks. I saw my first of the year Tree Swallows, some Eastern Bluebirds, Red-winged Blackbirds and I could hear Killdeer nearby. 

1. Below are the Snow Geese, Tree Swallow, Eastern Bluebird, Ring-necked Ducks, a cute Golden Doodle and a ground hog.

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2. A closeup of a few Snow Geese. It was noted on March 8th there were 120,000 Snow Geese and 1050 Tundra Swans. The numbers of birds sighted can change daily. 

3. Tundra Swans in flight. 

4. Groups after group of Snow Geese were flying in and landing on the lake.

5. A distant shot of the Snow Geese and lake.

6. The Snow Geese  were not social distancing. 

7. A few times the Snow Geese would lift off with a loud roar, only to land a few feet away.  

8. A group of Ring-necked ducks in front of the Snow Geese. 

Crowds of people from all over come to Middle Creek WMA in Lancaster County Pennsylvania to see these Snow Geese. Early March is the best time to see the migration of the spring waterfowl. 

 

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Saturday's Critters #330

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Happy Easter everyone! I am sure no one expected to be on lock down at this time.  I do pray everyone is safe and healthy. 

I still have one last place we visited during our early March 8-10th getaway. It was the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge Maryland.  It was a great place to visit with wonderful bird sightings.  

March 10th, below are a few of the birds we saw, I hope you enjoy......all photos were taken out the car window. 


As usual we saw a lot of eagles.  There are 2 Bald Eagles on the photo below, one in the nest and one standing in front of the nest. 

 A juvenile Bald Eagle perched on the top of a dead tree, below him on the ground were a group of Vultures eating something.

Below a large group of Snow Geese hanging out with some Tundra Swans.

Hello....I see you..Snow Goose..

  We watched the White Pelicans on the water and even more were flying in and landed . 

A large group of White Pelicans could be seen from the wildlife drive. They swim together in tight circles herding fish..

It is fun to watch the Snow Geese take off sounding an alert, only to circle and land in the same spot.  The Tundra Swans ignored them and stay where they were, with nothing to worry about. 

 If you look closely, there is a Bald Eagle standing behind this group of White Pelicans.  Groups of the White Pelicans were all around.

We found another Bald Eagle nest, seen from the wildlife drive.  

I stopped the car  to watch this Northern Harrier working the field, it flew across the road in front of and circled around.  An id tip for the Harrier (in the center of the photo)  is the white band on the upper tail. 

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Saturday's Critters #218

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  our most recent photos from when Hubby and  I visited Bombay Hook NWR. We made a short trip to the shore, hoping to see the Snowy Owl and just a getaway. So below are scenes and the some of the birds we saw at Bombay Hook NWR.

Tundra Swans

American Black Duck

Canada Geese

Tundra Swans

Various waterfowl, Canada Geese and Northern Pintail 

A pair of Northern Shoveler

Various waterfowl, Tundra Swans, Canada Geese and Northern Pintail 

A large flock of Snow Geese

Bufflehead ducks

Great Blue Heron

I believe this is the Red-tailed Hawk

I hope you enjoyed this visit to Bombay Hook NWR, it is one of my favorite wildlife refuges to visit. There is always something to see there.

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Saturday's Critters #104

Saturday's Critters #104

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.

I am sharing some of the birds from the Blackwater Nat'l Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge Maryland. We stopped here for a quick visit on the way home from the beach.. It breaks up the drive home, we took a walk on the Marsh Edge Trail and drove on the wildlife drive.

It is nice to see the White Pelicans enjoying Blackwater NWR. I think there was a count of 40-50 White Pelicans. Their numbers increase each time I visit.

There was a good number of Tundra Swans also seen from the wildlife drive.

We also saw the Canada Geese, we were a little early to see the Snow Geese.

A number of Great Blue Herons were seen from the drive.

Lesser or Greater Yellowlegs?

Not the best shot of the White Pelican in flight with some Terns, maybe Forster's Terns? I hope you enjoyed coming along with me to Blackwater NWR. 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!

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