Saturday's Critters # 307

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!

I may be late commenting on posts, while I am away from the computer. Thanks for linking up and for any comments. I will visit ASAP.

Sharing some of my feeder birds, I wish I had some nice perches for the birds to land on before visiting the feeders.  I will try to find a stick or something I can lean on the deck rail. Their photos would look cute, but I still think my feeder birds are adorable. These photos are all from Oct 19th, 2019.


The Tufted Titmouse is a regular visitor in my yard, year round.

 The White-breasted Nuthatch is another daily visitor to my yard and feeders. 

 I have had both the Carolina and the Black-capped Chickadees in my yard, it may be a rare sighting but it happened. I often try to find another Black-capped Chickadee in my yard. 

The Carolina Chickadee has less contrast in the tertial (flight feathers)  and no rufous wash on the sides. The Carolina Chickadee is smaller in size and a shorter tail. Their song is different too.

The Carolina Chickadee is a Southern USA bird and the Black-capped is seen in the Northern USA. These two Chickadees have been known to overlap, see the map for where they can merge or where the two make contact.




Map from Google and : https://www.sibleyguides.com/bird-info/black-capped-chickadee/black-capped-carolina-chickadee/



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Our World, My World

Happy Monday, 

I wanted to share some of the blooms we have growing in our yard and a few of the annuals on our deck.  I bought some herbs to grow in pots along with the mint I have growing.  I try to buy annuals that the hummingbird and butterflies love, like the Lantana, Zinnias and the Fuchsia. 

"Mother Nature has the best box of crayons."


It was a great year for our Clematis blooms, we have two different species. One I forget the name and the other is called Jackmanii Clematis.  

Various annuals are planted in pots for the deck, like the Lantana, Fuchsia and some Zinnias. 

This is the Jackmanii Clematis, we have the honeysuckle running wild around the yard.  It is bad when it takes over but smells so good. 

"Life is a garden, Dig it." 


We were happy to see our Siberian Irises return this year, they are one of my favorite blooms. 

The birds like to land on top of the pergola before going to the feeders, I caught this White-breasted Nuthatch getting ready to hop over to the feeder. 

The male Cardinal seems to be getting used to me putting out food for the birds, he will now land on the deck while I am out there. I think he wants to be first eating the food. 

Thanks for your visit today!  I hope you enjoyed my post and photos.


Thanks to Angie the host of  Mosaic Monday

Thanks to LadyFi  the host of Our World Tuesday!

Check out the links above, I hope to see you there. Thanks to the hosts today. Enjoy your day and new week.



As always I thank you for stopping by and as always I appreciate your comments.

Our World, My World

Happy Monday,

We seem to be having a chilly spring, a lot of days with temps 20 degrees or so below normal. Many cloudy rainy days too.  I feel kind of cheated, like we our missing Spring. How is your weather? 

Luckily our rhododendrons are not affected, the blooms are looking beautiful all around the yard.  

We have rhododendrons growing on sides of our house. Some are taller than the house. 

The rhododenron blooms look pretty even before they open. 

A few of my May yard birds: The Pine Warbler and Pine Siskin being seeing as of May 8th

May 10th The Pine Siskins and a Gray Catbird.

May 14th, below are the Northern Mockingbird, Pine Siskin, Red-bellied Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch and a Downy Woodpecker.  

Thanks for your visit today!  I hope you enjoyed my post and photos.


Thanks to Angie the host of  Mosaic Monday

Thanks to LadyFi  the host of Our World Tuesday!

Check out the links above, I hope to see you there. Thanks to the hosts today. Enjoy your day and new week.


As always I thank you for stopping by and as always I appreciate your comments.

Saturday's Critters #276

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!


I am sharing some more of my yard birds. The White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, female and male Pine Warblers.

One of a few Pine Siskins that visit my deck and feeders.

White-throated Sparrow perched in a bush, maybe hiding from the hawk.

Male Cardinal is always banging against this window.  

I wanted to share my views from my deck of the Great Blue Heron rookery in our neighborhood. The herons are in the tall pine trees in larger left photo. You can barely see a heron with it's back toward the camera, it is just under the letter "G" were I typed "GB Heron" in the photo. On the two right side photos I was able to zoom in closer to the heron and nest.  

We have had a day of heavy rain and winds, I hope the Great Blue Herons and their nest are doing OK. 

The Pine Warbler is a daily visitor now. 

I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments !








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Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Saturday's Critters #260

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!


I am sharing my yard birds from Nov 24th. The mosaic below on the top row is the Downy Woodpecker, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Red-bellied Woodpecker. Bottom row, male Cardinal and a female Purple Finch.

Mosaic below, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Chickadee, American Goldfinch, Tufted Titmouse, Dark-eyed Junco, Carolina Wren and a Northern Flicker. 

A larger image of the male Downy Woodpecker..   The female does not have the red spot on the head.

The Chickadee looked funny stretching it's neck to reach the bird seed.

My backyard woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker and the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 

I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments !








Here is a list of my linky parties;

Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.

Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Saturday's Critters #259

Welcome to Saturday's Critters !

Happy December!
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!

Nov 22nd I have some images of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on one of my feeders. I have been seeing the Sapsucker more often lately. 

From Nov 20th, a few favorite yard birds are the Carolina Wren, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch and the Dark-eyed Junco. 

Nov 19th, the Northern Flicker found a some berries growing on a vine in our yard. 

Not sure if this is the male Northern Flicker on the right and a female or possibly a juvie Flicker?

I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments !





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Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Happy November

Hello,

Happy Thursday and Happy November everyone!

The days and months are flying by, or is it just me.  I am sharing a few favorite  October images in a mosaic. 

"Wake up each day and be thankful for life." 

It has been a few years since I have seen the Red-breasted Nuthatch in my yard. My mosaic below shows both the Red-breasted on the left and the White-breasted Nuthatch on the left seen on 10/17/18.

Having the Screech Owl visit my yard in October made my month.  :) 

Always thankful for the blue sky.  

" Let the beauty we love, be what we do." Rumi

I am thankful for the right to vote, get out there peeps!  I am thankful for today and every day!
I am thankful to see the Red-breasted Nuthatch in my yard, YAY!
A thankful heart is a happy heart. 
I am thankful for all your visits and comments. 


Thank you Michelle for hosting Thankful Thursday. 
Thank you to the hosts of   Skywatch Friday


Happy Thursday, enjoy your day!

Thanks so much for visiting and for your nice comments on my previous post. Have a happy day!

Saturday's Critters #254

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!

I am sharing some of my feeder birds, The Tufted Titmouse, White Breasted Nuthatch and a Carolina Chickadee.  I can watch the birds coming and going from the feeder right outside my dining room window.  

The Carolina Wrens are a common sight in my yard. Usually I can hear them before I see them, they are loud. 

The Carolina Chickadee is another common bird seen in my yard year round. 

The White-breasted Nuthatch is another bird seen daily, they like the sunflower seeds. 

The Tufted Titmouse is a regular visitor to the feeders. 

I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments ! 

Here is a list of my linky parties;

Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.

Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Saturday's Critters #239

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 some birds and a butterfly from my yard. The Great Blue Heron found my little pond and was seen often sticking it's beak in the pond and eating something. I think it found some tadpoles or frogs to eat. After a few days, it went missing I am hoping it found a way back to it's nest with the other herons.

The juvenile Great Blue Heron takes a walk around the yard and finds my little pond.

The White-breasted Nuthatch is a regular visitor to the feeders.

A Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly on our Bee Balm.

The House Wren can be heard loud and clear even while I am inside my house. It is loud!

American Goldfinches and House Finches are regular visitors to the feeders. Those darn squirrels chewed a hole in my thistle sock.  I had to save some thistle seeds in a different feeder.

The young Great Blue Heron was seen walking all around my yard.  Below it is next to our shed.

The female Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 

I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments this past year !

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Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.

Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

Burrr!! It's cold!

Happy Monday,

We've have had some super cold weather the last few weeks. Temperatures from 2° to 20°'s . These temps do not count in the wind factor, which makes it feel even colder. We had a little snow that just will not melt. I go outside long enough to fill the feeders and add some water to the heated bird bath. In that amount of time, my face and fingers are hurting from the cold. I am just not a winter or cold weather person, I am counting the days till spring. Yes, I am a wimp!  Spring can not come fast enough for me. 

I have been putting out peanuts in the shells for the Blue Jays, they love the peanuts. 

I've been throwing some seed on the ground after feeling sorry for the ground feeding birds.

The Carolina Wren will eat anything, but the suet is a favorite.

The Mourning Dove is a ground feeder, I have put some Sunflower seeds on the deck for them to eat.

When the temperatures drop it is important for the birds to find food that helps to keep their bodies warm. I help them by providing the seed and suet and a heated bird bath for their water source. It is easy to do and just a little thing since I enjoy watching the birds. 

As always I thank you for stopping by and as always I appreciate your comments.

My list of memes for today, I hope to see you there. Thanks to both of the host below.

Thanks to Michelle for hosting Nature Notes

Thanks to the hosting team of Our World Tuesday!

Thanks to Stewart for hosting Wild Bird Wednesday