Saturday's Critters # 656

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

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My usual walks with hubby and Miney. Walks were at the local Prettyboy fire roads, the NCR bike trail and some images are from my back yard. 

1. Our local Prettyboy Reservoir is said to be down 6 feet, water levels so low Miney and I could walk on the shoreline. 

Blooms in the Prettyboy watershed are the Mountain Laurels and the Big Leaf Magnolia blooms. 

2.  One nice sunny day I saw lots of the slider turtles sitting out on the logs in the water. Some looked like tiny baby turtles. 

These images are from the front section of the Prettyboy Reservoir, some wildflowers included Spiderwort. Again you can see how low the water levels are at the Prettyboy Reservoir. 

Below are some Killdeer, not the best photo, it is heavily cropped. 

"Birds are little miracles."

3. A Downy Woodpecker looked like it was too hot. One of our hotter Spring days. It was in the 90's. I have a big bird bath filled with water on my deck. 

The Purple Clematis blooms are looking pretty. 

4. Our walk with Hubby and Miney on the NCR bike trail. Some wildflowers and a tiny frog and more Mountain Laurels. 

Bird heard along the NCR Bile trail. 

5. May 22nd, we enjoyed seeing Wyatt graduate pre-school and he will be going to Kindergarten in the fall. Mason will move up to his last year of pre-school in the fall. Sophie has to wait one more year before starting pre-school. 

6. A walk with Miney on our local fire road. Miney does not mind stopping and listening for the birds. 

"Wherever there are birds, there is hope."

The Ovenbirds are a common bird in my area and around the Prettyboy watershed.  Here is a link to Cornell's website sharing the  sounds of the Ovenbird

7. Almost home from my Walmart shop, I was stuck behind this Amish buggy. We are starting to see more of these horse and buggies in our area.  I think the Amish have bought up some old big farms in the area. I rather see the farm land being used as farms then turned into housing developments. Some local farm land has turned into solar panel farms.

8. Along our driveway, there are multiple species of clematis growing. I see there is some honeysuckle trying to take over.  

Another local walk with Miney, growing along the fire road are lots of ferns,  Mountain Laurels and the Big leaf Magnolia trees.  

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Saturday's Critters # 605

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1. May 25th, we've been visiting the York Pennsylvania Great Egret and Black-crowned Night Heron rookeries for years now.  It seems like the number of nests have gone down over the years.  It is still a treat to see these beautiful birds and their babies.  

2. I watched an Osprey circle the lake, it is neat to see it hovering trying to decide if it should dive for a fish. 

3. Below are a few of the Great Egrets perched on their nest high in the tree tops.

4. Some of the Great Egret chicks were getting big already. 

5. The Black-crowned Night Herons were nesting on a little island in the middle of the lake.  We saw a few adult Night Heron which are white and black and the juveniles look brownish. 

6. I believe these are Mallard hybrid ducks.  The ducklings were so cute. 

7. There were lots of Canada Geese families, the goslings were different sizes. I assume they grow fast. 

8. We saw a few Slider Turtles at the lake, some in the water and some sunning themselves.  

Bous Flashback photos: May 2023, Ireland, Alpacas at the Kerry Cliffs, Portmagee, Skellig Ring, Ireland 

Alpacas at the Kerry Cliffs, Portmagee, Skellig Ring, Ireland 

During an early morning walk in Doolin, I came across this White-throated Dipper in a small creek.

Update Wednesday July 16th on hubby: On Wednesday it was day 3 of Dialysis for hubby and then hopefully they will find what they call a community chair for outpatient dialysis. He seems to be more with it, a little weak. He still wants out. He does not like hospitals.

Update on Thursday July 17th, Hubby will have one more dialysis session at the hospital Saturday July 19th which is today and then next week he will start his sessions at a local outpatient center.

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Saturday's Critters # 574

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Oct 7-9th, these photos are from our latest visit to Chincoteague Island NWR Virginia and Blackwater NWR, Cambridge Md. These are some of my favorite places to visit to see wildlife.  

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1. On the way to Chincoteague Island Virginia we pass by Blackwater NWR in Cambridge Maryland.  We drove through the refuge on the wildlife drive one loop before getting back on the road the Virginia. 

2. Chincoteague Ponies, the main attraction for visiting the Chincoteague Island NWR.

3. Belted Kingfisher

4.  Great Egret

5. Gulls, Cormorants and Terns. The Laughing Gull seems to be the most common gull seen at the refuge. The bottom photos shows the gulls with two different Terns, one of the Terns has more of a yellow bill and the other is really orange-red colored bill.  

6. There are a few Terns seen at this wildlife refuge.  The Royal Terns, Caspian Terns and the Forster's Tern. 

The Sanderlings were plentiful and fun to watch on the beach. They like to run back and forth to the water. 

7. Tricolored Herons

8. Chincoteague Island National Seashore.

9. Tom's Cove sunset, Chincoteague Island NWR 

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Saturday's Critters # 539

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

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This is a mish-mash of photos from various days and walks to the lake, on the fire road, a few of my yard birds and a visit with our son's family.

1. Our walk to the lake, it was a warm day.  It was nice to see the turtles out sunny themselves on a log.

2. A larger look at the Slider Turtles, they are always fun to see.  

3. During our walks to the lake, we have seen the Canada Geese hanging in this same spot multiple times. 

4. The Downy Woodpecker is a daily visitor to my yard, it also enjoys the suet nuggets. 

5. The White-throated Sparrow is a winter bird that enjoys the suet nuggets I put out for my yard birds.  One day I saw a female Pine Warbler grabbing a few nuggets, I was sorry I missed getting a photo. 

6. We saw the Brown Creeper during one of our walks on the local fire road. 

7. One day we had lunch with our son and his family and enjoyed watching our grandsons playing on their new playset. The Grand-dogs enjoyed being out in the yard with us all. 

8. A puzzle I completed in early March, the undersea life, the colorful fish are so pretty.  

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