Saturday's Critters # 661

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

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

I love to share my birds photos, nature photos from my walks with my dog Miney. Bird watching is one of my simple pleasures. I am still over a month behind sharing my photos. 

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1. Below a walk in my neighborhood with Miney, I head to the fire road that goes to the local Prettyboy watershed.  

As I head up the road I see a deer, luckily Miney missed seeing the deer. She would have wanted to chase after the deer. Sorry the photo is blurry, it is hard to take photos while holding Miney's leash. 

My Merlin Birds heard on our fire road walk. 

The Great-crested Flycatcher is another breeder in our area and neighborhood. I hear them often on my walks with Miney in the Prettyboy watershed. 

2. In my yard, I like to sit and enjoy the birds that visit my feeders.  The Tufted Titmouse, the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, and the Red-bellied Woodpeckers are seen every day.  

3. My Merlin App birds from my deck, one early morning. Just a few minutes and I am hearing some great birds. 

4. Below is a photo of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, it is another bird that is a breeder in the Prettyboy watershed. There have been times that I can hear them around my yard and in the forest that surrounds our house.

5. The House Wren is one of the loudest birds in my back yard.  

Below are two Merlin App birds lists from my walk with Miney on the local fire road. 

6. The Cedar Waxwings are one of my favorite birds to see and hear in my back yard. Their sounds easily recognizable, it is a high pitch call.

7. Our granddaughter Sophie's birthday party was a fun time.  Except for the extreme heat, the water slide was a hit with the kiddies. 

8. Below I am sharing two of the Vireos, both are seen and heard in my yard and neighborhood.  The Red-eyed Vireo top photo is pretty bird and has a loud call. The White-eyed Vireo bottom photo, is seen and heard in the Prettyboy watershed around our home. 

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Saturday's Critters # 633

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

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

We seem to be stuck with this super cold weather. I try to get outdoors for a walk, Hubby and Miney are my walking companions. 

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1. These are images from our walk on the fire road to the lake. I saw a juvenile Bald Eagle sitting on the ice covered lake. After our walk we drove around the other side of the lake to the boat dock and saw a few Common Mergansers.  

2. The first day of the New Year we had a dusting of snow.  

3. Another walk with hubby and Miney on the local Prettyboy fire road.  

4. A walk with Hubby and Miney on the NCR bike trail in Parkton Md.  

5.  We started off our walk on the bike trail with the Pileated Woodpecker seen eating berries high in a tree top. 

6.  We saw  10-12 Cedar Waxwings in a tree next to the NCR Bike trail in Parkton, Md. 

7.  Two White-throated Sparrows, they are winter birds in my area.

8. Can you find the two deer?  We saw six together but they must have separated. 

9. Hubby and Miney take a break sitting at a picnic table. 

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.

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Saturday's Critters # 615

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

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Various photos from our walks on the local fire roads, the NCR trail and a few from our yard. 

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1. Aug 12,  our walk to the lake with Miney and hubby. It is nice hubby is feeling up to more walks.  

2. Aug 12th, it's been hard capturing a bird with my camera. I usually hear more than I see now.  I did get a few shots of the Downy Woodpecker. 

3. Aug 15th, a walk with Miney and Michael on the NCR trail. We saw lots of what looked like swamp sunflowers along the trail. 

4. Seen on the NCR trail, there were lots of these flowers. I am guessing they are the Swamp Sunflowers? 

5. Eastern Tiger Swallowtails were enjoying our Buddleia bush. 

Sometimes Miney is on a long lead and will walk out on the driveway when the gate is open. 

6. Aug 17, we took another walk on the Prettyboy fire road, hubby and Michael rested on a downed tree across the trail. 

Aug 17, a mama deer with her fawn on our driveway. The spotted babies are so cute. 

7. Flashback 2013, New Mexico birds. One of my favorite birds seen in New Mexico was my lifer the Greater Roadrunner. 

8. Flashback 2013 New Mexico the Black Phoebe lifer.

Flashback back 2013 New Mexico, at the Carlsbad Caverns we saw my lifers the Cave Swallows.

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.

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Saturday's Critters # 608

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!

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1. June 18th, here we are again on a walk with Miney to the lake. Miney and I enjoy our walks, listening to the birds and trying to find some for my photos.  Below I watched an Osprey take a fish from the lake and fly to a nearby tree. The Canada Geese are a common bird seen at the lake. I also saw a mama deer and fawn across the lake from us. 

2. June 19, my walk with Miney on our local fire road. She walks with her nose to the ground, she can quickly grab things off the ground and eat them. I have to lookout for the mushrooms so she doesn't grab them really fast.

3. June  20th, our walk with Miney was on the NCR trail in Parkton Md. We walked past a Black Vulture perched on top of a huge boulder on the side of the trail. It spooked Miney. The Lilies are blooming looking very pretty at this time. 

4.  June21st, my walk with Miney was along the road some and onto the nearby fire road. Coming back home we saw a deer eating weeds along our driveway and yard. 

5. June22nd, another morning walk with Miney. We have to get early in the morning before it gets too hot. My walk with Miney was on the close by fire road, we sat on a log for a rest and listened to the birds and had a little view of the reservoir. 

6. June 22nd, one of the birds I heard often on my walk was the Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher. 

7. June 23rd, another neighborhood walk with Miney on the Prettyboy fire road.  The Worm-eating Warbler is heard on all my walks lately. It shows up on the Merlin app as my Bird of the Day. 

8. Flashback to May 2017, we were on a Washington State trip. These photos were taken in or around the Nisqually entrance to Mt Rainier National Park. The Elk were seen right off the road that leads to the park entrance.

May 2017, The Stellar Jay was a common bird we saw while visiting Washington State.

May 2017, The Varied Thrush was seen in multiple spot in Washington State.

Hubby Aug 6th update: Dialysis seems to be going as well as can be. Hubby does need to do more exercises to build up his strength and of course he is stubborn when it comes to a diet. He is a night owl and usually naps more during the day. Those days give me more time walking Miney, reading and blogging. 

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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