Saturday's Critters # 611

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

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!

 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!

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1. July 17th, Miney and I took our walk to the lake, seen in the collage Miney on the fire road and a little bit of the lake in the bottom two photos. 

2. July 20th, walking around my yard, I saw my first Monarch Butterfly of the summer and a Tiger Swallowtail on the butterfly bush.  The Peacock was strolling around our yard. 

July 20th, my morning walk with Miney on the local fire road.  Miney likes climbing on a tree that fell across the trail. 

3. July 21, our morning walk was to the lake.  We saw a pretty sky reflecting on the lake. 

4. July 21, my Merlin App has been picking up the same birds in the same area where I walk with Miney. The White-eyed Vireo is one of those birds, it likes to hang out in the same area. 

5. Miney stops and smells the flowers along the trail. 

6.  Flashback to my Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, one of my many favorite back yard birds.

It is not often I see more than one Hummingbird at the feeder, they do not like sharing.

 

I have captured at least two Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at my feeder. 

It is rare I see the adult with juveniles, I was lucky to capture this photo of 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at my feeder.  

Sometimes I can find the Hummingbirds resting in one of our trees or bushes near the feeders.

In September this juvenile Hummingbird was starting to show of his ruby jewel. 

The adult male Ruby-throated Hummingbird is lovely when showing off his ruby jewel. 

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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Saturday's Critters # 497

 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!

A break from my Ireland photos, I am trying to catch up with my yard birds and flowers, local walks on the fire road and to the lake which is pictured as my header photo. 

The week of June 12th,  I found my hummingbird feeders down on the ground and emptied. I was not sure what was happening, maybe a raccoon or as it turned out our neighbor saw a black bear in our yard on evening of the 14th around 8pm. It has been making the rounds at various neighbor's yards and bird feeders. I wish I was able to see it, now I am looking out my windows in the evening and bringing in my feeders. 

1. A White-eyed Vireo, White-tailed Deer, Prettyboy Reservoir, Eagle's Nest, Common Loon, wild azaleas, more deer and wildflowers.

2. The Common Loon is not often seen at our lake, I was happy to see this one a good distance from the lake shore where I was standing. It was amazing to hear the loon call, a very cool sound. 

3. The Eastern Bluebirds are back again using a different nest box, today I saw the male divebomb a squirrel that was on my deck railing. 

4. Our Rhododendrons, various Clematis, Siberian Iris, Catmint, Columbine, Lantana and a white Waterlily. 

5. A pair of Double-crested Cormorants, Great Blue Herons, Canada Geese and the Belted Kingfishers. 

6. A pair of Great Blue Heron with a group of Canada Geese. 

7. A Belted Kingfisher couple, the male is offering a small fish to the female on the left. 

8. Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, Columbine is still blooming and lots of Clematis, my yard birds are the Great-crested Flycatcher, House Wren, Cardinal, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and a Chipping Sparrow. 

9. This Ovenbird was upset to see us walking on the fire road, he came and started fussing at us just for walking by.  You can see the agitated adult raise their Black-bordered Orange crown. 

10. These birds sing loudly, I can hear them all around my yard. 

11. A Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, these birds are small and have a cute sound.  I usually hear them more often than I see them, they move around quickly.

I hope you enjoyed my yard birds and the birds I see around my neighborhood.  

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 linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday  I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post. 

Happy Thankful Thursday!

Happy Thursday everyone,

 Hubby and I are thankful we live so close to the lake for our walks.  The beautiful reservoir watershed is all around us. It was a pretty blue sky day, with just a little bit of clouds around. The clouds are looking pretty reflecting on the lake. 

 Relieve Covid stress....Go outside, Have fun, Enjoy life. 

I love looking up at the sky through all these trees. 

 "Every day is a new beginning, take a deep breath and start again."

A different view of the reservoir. 

I heard many different birds during our walk to the lake, we had brief sightings of the Hooded Warbler and possibly a White-eye Vireo.  My photos of these birds were awful, I know. I am only including them in my mosaic so I have a record of my sightings on this walk.

The chicory grows along the fire road in places. 

We take a narrow trail along the lake shore and in this pine forest. 

"Today I will breathe deep and be thankful."

In a world you can be anything, be kind!  

My wish today is my family and friends stay safe and healthy!
I am thankful hubby and I are remaining virus free, I hope everyone is safe and well.


Live simple and be happy!  😊 Take care, keep smiling!


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


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