Saturday's Critters # 489

  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!

I am behind a bit on sharing birds from my yard, neighborhood and various walks.  These photos are from the end of March up to the beginning of April. 

1.  March 26th,  the White-breasted Nuthatch is a common bird seen in my yard and around the Prettyboy watershed. 

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2. March 27th , a walk to the lake, a vulture taking care of some road kill, the fire road, a Pied-billed Grebe, Canada Geese, Double-crested Cormorants, juvenile Bald Eagle, Downy Woodpecker and an Eastern Phoebe.  

3. March 27th, the Eastern Phoebe is a bird I can easily id by it's song. The song sounds like they are saying their name fee-bee. 

4. March 29, in the back yard the Dark-eyed Juncos are still here, a winter bird in this area.  We are starting to see some spring and summer birds move back to the area. 

5. March 29th, I have a pair of Eastern Bluebirds using one of our nesting boxes in the back yard.  

6. March 29th, it is a treat to see the Bluebirds using one of our nest boxes.  I hope their nesting is successful.  

7. March 31, our walk was on the trail at the nearby George's Creek. We saw a Winter Wren, White-throated Sparrow, Bald Eagle, Carolina Chickadee, Eastern Phoebe, Green-winged Teal and lots of Canada Geese. 

8. March 31, the past few months have been great for seeing various duck species at our Prettyboy Reservoir. One this day we saw a group of Green-winged Teal. I was far away and the photo is not sharp but you can id these ducks.  They have a rufous head with a teal green patch near their eyes, there is a white bar on the side of the breast. 

9. April 1st, I have been enjoying seeing the Eastern Bluebirds in my yard. I hope to see their babies soon.  

10. April 3rd, we took a walk on a close by fire road. I heard lots of birds singing, I am pretty sure I heard a Pine Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler and an Ovenbird, these birds are breeders in the forest next to our home. Next to the fire road I found a couple of Hermit Thrush. 

11.  Various dates in April: Butterflies and blooms around our yard. Swallowtails, Azaleas, Dogwood and Redbud blooms.

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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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Saturday's Critters # 478

 Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

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I have more from our neighborhood lake and back yard.  We usually take our walks on the local fire roads and to the lake.  

1.  Jan 21st, one of the highlights of this walk to the lake was a closer look at the White-breasted Nuthatch. 

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2. We see a lot of  White-breasted Nuthatches in our neighborhood. Some times they come to my deck for some peanuts I put out on my deck railing. 

3. Jan 22nd , We drove around our lake and took a walk to the lake where we can see the Bald Eagle's nest.  The Eagles were perched in two different trees not far from the nest. We saw a big group of Common Mergansers and another group of Hooded Mergansers. Also on this walk we saw a large flock of Robins and lots of Cedar Waxwings. 

4. This was one of the two Bald Eagles we saw in trees next to the lake. Their nest is close by. 

5. We spooked the Hooded Mergansers when we got closer to the lake, they all flew off.  

6. We stopped on the fire road to watch a large group of Cedar Waxwing, maybe 20 or more. They found a lot of berries to eat. 

7. Jan 25th we had a light dusting of snow, is this a Red-tailed or a Red-shouldered Hawk. It was perched in a tree next to the driveway. 

8. This hawk sat in tree for awhile, looking this way and that way. Hoping to catch a meal.  

9. Bonus our grandson Wyatt will be 2 years old on the 15th, Happy 2nd Birthday Wyatt!

Thank you for sharing your critters and 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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I am also linking up to Anni's blog party found here I'd Rather B Birding   Anni always has some beautiful birds to be seen on her blog, check it out! Also, I am also linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday  I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post. 

Saturday's Critters # 368

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Hello and happy Saturday! The first Critter party of the New Year 2021.. 

 

 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 images from the last two weeks of December, we had a snow storm, I have been seeing lots of yard birds coming and going to the feeders.  A few recent sightings included the Northern Flicker and a group of Eastern Bluebirds. There have been lots of Dark-eyed Juncos, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Nuthatches, Chickadees, WT Sparrows, Tufted Titmouse, Downy Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpeckers and the Red-bellied Woodpeckers. 

1. Below is the male Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker, he has the black malar mark.

 

 

 

2. Eastern Bluebirds stopped by at the Winterberry bushes during the snow storm.  These berries do not last long, I have seen a flock of Robins eat all them in a short time.

 

 

3. Downy Woodpecker and a Hairy Woodpecker. The Hairy is larger in size, their head, body and the bill are all bigger.  

 

 

 

4. Two male Northern Cardinals and one female sitting in the bush.

 

 

 

 

5.  Two White-breasted Nuthatches, Northern Cardinal with an American Goldfinch, bottom row is a Pine Siskin and a White-throated Sparrow.

6. Northern Cardinal in the pine tree, Downy Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Junco and the Northern Flicker.

 

 

 

7.  The woodpeckers together below in the front is the female Downy Woodpecker and behind is the larger Hairy Woodpecker.

8.  The Blue Jays are daily visitors, they love the peanuts, sunflower seeds and peanut butter suet balls.

I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year's. I wish everyone all the best in 2021. 

Thanks to all my visitors and for your comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves critters and has linked up their critter post.


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Saturday's Critters #363

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!


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1. The Red-breasted Nuthatch is one of my favorite yard birds. I only see them in my yard every few years. Below is the adult male Red-breasted Nuthatch.

 

 

2. The adult male Red-breasted Nuthatch has more of the reddish orange belly and sides. The female is paler underneath.

 

 

 

3. The Carolina Wren is a year round bird seen in my yard.

 

 

 

 

4.  The white-breasted Nuthatch is another one of my regular year round birds.

 

 

5. Below is a Carolina Chicakdee and you can see the back of a Tufted Titmouse.

 

 

6.  Below some of my yard birds:

Top row are a Red-breasted Nuthatch and White-breasted Nuthatch. 

Second row is the Carolina Wren and the male Downy Woodpecker. Third row is the American Goldfinch and a Carolina Chickadee with a Tifted Titmouse. 

 

 7.  Pine Siskins arrived on Nov 18th.  The Pine Siskins have a thin bill, streaks on the chest with a bit of yellow on their sides. I've been waiting for them to show up, they were being seen all over the state.

 

I hope you enjoyed seeing my yard birds,  bird watching is my simple pleasure. 




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Saturday's Critters #358

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!

I always enjoy seeing the Chincoteague wild ponies, even a distant view is nice. We saw so many birds during our recent Chincoteague visit, in early October. I will share some of my favorites, photos were taken mostly from the car or our walks on the trails. 

 

 

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 1.  A view from the beach road, two Great Egret close by and the larger flock of White Ibis and Egrets seen further in the distance.

 

 

2. Below are some of Chincoteague's wild ponies.

3. We saw the Bald Eagle on the ground twice while driving the wildlife drive, both times it took off and flew somewhere. An empty nest is nearby. 

 

 

4. Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge has wooded trails, I was looking for the Brown-headed Nuthatch. I could hear them but every time I tried for a photo they moved. I did catch the Red-breasted Nuthatch and the White-breasted Nuthatch. 

 

 

 

5.  The American Oystercatchers were seen on the bayside of the island.  You can't miss seeing that red-orange bill.

 

 

 6. We saw the Belted Kingfishers numerous times in different parts of the refuge.

 7.  Some times the flock of White Ibis and Egrets would fly from one side of the road to the other side.  Not sure why, something upset them?

 

 

 

 

8. The White Ibis have red legs and bill. A juvenile below has brown back and wings, it will turn white gradually.

 

 

 

 

 

9.  A few Tricolored Herons, they so looked funny running around in circles. I think they were trying to catch food.

 

 

 

 

 

10. Below is the taller Great Egret with the smaller Snowy Egret.

 

11.  Another shot of a wild pony, can you find the Canada Goose in the photo?

 

 

 

 

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Saturday's Critters # 352

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!


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I have some yard birds and a yard critter to share for my post today.  The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds continue to visit the 3 feeders I have hanging out for them. They are such fun to watch zooming around the yard and deck. 

 Lately I have been seeing more Cardinals, Chipping Sparrows and the White-breasted Nuthatch visiting my feeders.

Here is the deck raccoon, showing up in the daylight hours.  Hubby bravely chased it away. The squirrels already emptied the squirrel proof bird feeder, but the raccoon was looking for leftover crumbs. 

I have also been seeing some American Robins, maybe they have found some wild berries in the trees. This Robin posed nicely on the top of a pine tree.

Thanks to all my visitors and for all the wonderful comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves critters and has linked up their critter post.


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