My favorite birds of 2014

Linking up with Wild Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes

For this week's wild bird.. I am sharing some of my favorites from the past year.. One  bird ( maybe two)  for each month..seen during that month..I hope you enjoy my review and favorite birds of 2014.


Wishing you beautiful moments, treasured memories and all the blessings a heart can know! Happy New Year 2015!

I wish you a happy and magical New Year. I hope it brings you lots of new birds, joy and happiness. All the best in 2015.

 January 2014...Snowy Owl seen in at the Edwin Forsythe NWR in New Jersey.

 February 2014 ..A juvenile Bald Eagle seen at the Blackwater NWR in Maryland.

March 2014..The Pine Warbler seen on my deck railing..

April 2014.. the Yellow Crowned Night Heron rookery in Baltimore City.

May 2014.. I have two favorites for May this is a Virginia Rail seen near Aberdeen, Md

May 2014  and also from May from my Belize trip a Violet Sabrewing..

June 2014..the Scarlet Tanager in my backyard..a breeder in the woods near my house.

June 2014.. another favorite the Green Heron seen at Bombay Hook NWR.

July 2014..A Little Blue Heron seen at North Point State Park in Maryland.

August 2014.. an Eastern Towhee seen at Shenandoah National Park.

September 2014.. a Dusky Grouse seen in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

October 2014..Black Skimmers on the beach at Ocean City, Maryland.

November 2014 .a Bald Eagle seen at the Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River, Maryland.

December 2014... An American Bittern seen at the Chincoteague NWR in Virginia.

Till next week's wild bird post.. I wish you happy Birding and have a wonderful week!

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Saturday's Critters #26

Saturday's Critters #26

Hello and happy weekend!  OK, it's time to share your critters. I hope to see you join in on the Critter party.


I am sharing a few of the birds and a lizard seen at the Sleeping Giant Rainforest Lodge in Belize. I saw many new birds just walking around the grounds of our lodge.

Beside the lodge was a farm with free roaming chickens, duck and Guineafowl. I believe are these Guineafowl. During our walks these birds would come close to hubby and I.  It was like they were greeting us..

The Green Kingfisher is the smallest kingfisher and were a common sight to see down at the river.. Sometimes we would see two flying or hanging out together.. I believe my photo is of the female or maybe a juvenile, the male would have a rusty colored band around the chest..The female has two green bands around the chest.  I think there was a nest on the opposite side of the river.

This close up shows that there is a start of the second green belly band of the female..so most likely we saw the juvenile Green Kingfishers.

The Brown Basilisk also known as the Jesus lizard..only because they can be seen running across the top of the water. They were a common sight walking around the grounds of the lodge.

There were many different species of  hummingbirds  around the lodge.. above is the Violet Sabrewing.  It is one of the largest hummingbirds I have ever seen, a beautiful color too. This bird was a lifer for me..

The Blue-grey Tanager could be seen on the tree outside the dining room window..

While eating breakfast I watched a couple of the Blue-grey Tanagers were catching bugs in this tree.  My eyes were following the birds moving around more than on my food. I hope you enjoyed my critter post. Now, I want to see your critters..   I wish everyone a happy weekend.

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