Saturday's Critters # 627

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

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas! Do you have a wish for Christmas? I have a wish besides peace and love, joy and good health for us all.

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Not a Christmasy post, my wish for this Christmas to see some of these birds once again.  From my archives I have a few favorite lifers, they were seen either in Maryland parks and in my back yard. I was lucky to see these birds, I have not seen most of these birds for a long time.  I wonder why they have disappeared. 

My sighting of a Fox Sparrow in my back yard. 

It has been awhile since I have seen a Fox Sparrow. 

Common Redpoll was seen at the Black Hills Regional Park, Boyds Maryland .

 A rare sighting of the Evening Grosbeaks in my yard, I had 3-4 show up at my feeders on Oct 25-26th, 2012. 

The Pine Siskins are not a rare bird, but there were years I saw many of them at my feeders in the winter months. It has been years since I have seen one in my yard. 

The Indigo Bunting is seen and heard in my yard and neighborhood. One of my favorite summer birds. 

The Indigo Bunting was one of my favorite yard birds, it is a lovely bird.  

The Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were another bird that would appear in the spring as they were migrating north?  It has been years since I have seen one in my yard.  

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 # 542

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!

Happy May to you all! The days and months are flying by, today is our 34th anniversary. Happy Anniversary to my hubby! We have been home from our trip to Arizona for almost a week. I hope to be sharing trip photos soon. Tomorrow will be a busy day with a baby shower for my daughter-in-law. Baby Sophie is due to arrive July 13th. 

1. On this day our walk was on the NCR trail in Parkton. We watched a juvenile Bald Eagle land in a tree over the river.  

2. A larger look at the juvenile Bald Eagle, it may be a 2nd year Eagle.  

3. The Friendly Farms pond, gazebo and lots of Canada Geese and the Gadwalls were still hanging out at the pond. 

4. Below a male and female Gadwall. 

5. Below a few of my yard birds, 2 Mourning Doves were sitting on the gutter outside my front window. They are shy and decided to only show their backsides. 

6. It seems the Blue Jays sit in the nearby trees and wait for me to come outside with the bird food.  The Jay below is grabbing as many peanut nuggets it can fit in it's beak. 

7. April 2nd, the Dark-eyed Juncos a winter bird. They have not left yet. I am still seeing a few in my yard and on the deck looking for the food. 

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 # 402

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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 sharing some of the critters seen in my Prettyboy neighborhood and my back yard.  These photos were taken on various days from around July 16th through August 7th. 

1. We enjoy seeing the deer walking around our yard, this mama deer and her baby visited our yard often in the morning and again later in the day.

2. Hubby and I are taking our morning walks to the reservoir . The walks lately are early in the morning before the hottest part of the day. The photos below are take on July 16 and July 27th. We saw the Great Blue Heron both days, unknown ducks flying away, a large snapping turtle, a Belted Kingfisher, another Heron and a Carolina Wren. 

3. A closer look at the female Belted Kingfisher. She has the rufous belly band unlike the adult male.

4. In my backyard, I am seeing 5-6 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, a bullfrog hanging out near our little pond, Monarch Butterfly, Clear-wing Hummingbird Moth, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies, Eastern Bluebird with insect, waterlily and a rabbit near our pond.

5. The male Eastern Bluebird, caught an insect to take to his babies in the birdhouse. 

6. Monarch Butterfly with a Clear-wing Hummingbird Moth. 

7. The male Ruby-throated Hummingbird sits close to the feeder. 

8. The Bull frog sits on a rock at the little pond. 

9.  On this day, a Rabbit was sitting close the our little pond. 

I hope you enjoyed these photos and the wildlife seen in my backyard and around my neighborhood. 

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!

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Saturday's Critters #321

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These are some birds from my back yard and the forest around our home.  I enjoy birding right outside my windows.

 The male Cardinal is sitting in bush in our yard, waiting for a turn at the feeder. 

The Male House Finch and seen below is the female House Finch. 

 The Carolina Wren eating some suet. 

The Red-bellied Woodpecker love the suet. 

 Top row, the male Goldfinch getting his summer colors and the male Red-bellied woodpecker. Bottom row, 2 Dark-eyed Juncos and a female House Finch.

I keep seeing this Yellow-bellied Sapsucker sitting in our Rhododendron outside our front window.  He is taken over the Cardinal's job of flying to the window scaring it's rival away.

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Hermit Thrush

 I am linking up my  post with Wild Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes

This week I am showing my Hermit Thrush. The Hermit Thrush is a winter visitor to my yard. Here is some info on the Hermit Thrush: they have a white eye ring, heavily spotted below, a reddish tail that contrast with its back. It will flick its tail often, so look for the wagging tail.

This shot was taken out my dining room window, I was spooking the bird easily just by looking at it. I am trying to hide behind the curtain to take these shots. I guess now you can me a bird stalker.

My field guide says they enjoy insects and berries, but I am happy this one enjoys my bird seed or peanut nuggets.

A good view of the eye ring and the pink legs.

This Hermit Thrush is a bird I have been seeing in my yard the last couple of weeks. It is not a life bird for me but it is a nice bird to have in my yard. I hope enjoyed  my bird this week.

To see more beautiful and wonderful bird photos please visit:
 Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday and Michelle's  Nature Notes.
Thanks to Stewart for hosting Wild Bird Wednesday and thanks to Michelle for hosting Nature Notes.
I wish everyone a happy week ahead and Happy Birding!

At home and the NCR Trail

I am linking up with  Green Day and Camera Critters and I'd-Rather-B-Birdin.

Last weekend we enjoyed the snow and the birds at home and took a walk New Year's Day on the NCR Trail.

 At home I am seeing Pine Siskins mixed in with my American Goldfinches. You can make out their splash of yellow on their wings.

 I do not always see Brown-headed Cowbirds at my feeders but sometimes they show up.

The feeders were busy during the snow, this Carolina Wren was checking out the BOSS feeder.

The NCR trail is a hiking, biking and walking trail on an old Northern Central Railroad trail. There are several places to park your car and start hiking we have our favorite places to start our walk.

There was some green here and there but the NCR trail was showing off its winter colors mostly. Along the trail I was watching Eastern Bluebirds, lots of Kinglets, Juncos, Chickadees and a cute Winter Wren. Most of the birds were either moving qickly or were camera shy.. except for the pretty Bluebirds.

Not sure what kind of berries these are but they added a splash of color to my photo.

I like the reflection of this bare tree in the stream.

More reflections caught in the stream.

Looking straight up at the Bluebird, showing more of their rufous color underparts.

The winding river follows along the NCR trail for most of the way.

I hope you enjoyed my yardbirds at home and our walk along the bike trail.

To see more beautiful photos and cute critters please visit:   Green Day and Camera Critters and I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host Fiona of Green Day, Misty Dawn of Camera Critters and to Anni of I'd Rather-B-birdin.  Thanks for visiting my blog and post. I wish everyone a very safe and happy weekend.