Saturday's Critters #109

Saturday's Critters #109


Happy Saturday, it's time to share your critters and post. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who is linking in with this week's critter party.

We are enjoying our life right now just being able to pick and go whenever we want. Hubby and I went on a getaway to the Delaware and Maryland shores. I am sharing some recent photos from our trip to Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware.

One of the first birds  we saw above, when entering the wildlife drive was this Bald Eagle.

I like the eye on this Northern Mockingbird and the blue sky is pretty.

Across the pond we saw this fox weaving in and out of the tall grasses. Can you find him?

The Snow Geese flying into the refuge.

Too far away, I tried to zoom in on the Snow Geese.

One of the few Great Blue Herons braving the cold windy day.

I was once told by a friend that also goes birding to stop and check out the fields, you may suddenly see the field moving. This was true the fields right off the road to Bombay Hook NWR, we saw a hundred or so Horned Larks pecking away at the ground. the birds are seen in a line across the middle part of the photo. You have to look closely at the photo, these birds blend in well.

The next images are for Teresa's Friday's Hunt  Thanks to Teresa for hosting this fun linky party. I hope to see you there.

1. Starts with the letter "C"
2. Week's Favorite
3. Inside

1. The letter "C" .  We picked a Cold windy day to visit the wildlife refuge. These Tundra Swans look Cold sitting on the ice.

1. Letter "C" .. not the best photo from Bombay Hook but we saw a lot of Canada Geese at the wildlife refuge.

2. Week's Favorite

2. Week's Favorite....From my earlier post this week, this was my favorite shot of the moon. I hope you enjoyed you visit and my images from the wildlife refuge.

An InLinkz Link-up

As always thanks for the visits and the nice comments. I also thank everyone who is linking up and sharing their critters.. Happy Saturday, have a great weekend!

To see more beautiful birds and cute critters, check out these two memes below.

Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.  Also check out Camera Critters. Thanks to Misty for hosting this fun meme.

Backyard Skies

I am linking up with Skywatch Friday  and Good Fences
I hope you can join in on the fun and share your fence scenes and pretty skies.

These are some images from our walk on the local NCR bike trail. I was able to include some fences for Tex's Good Fence meme.

Scenes from along the NCR trail during our walk. As you can seen by my mosaic images our world is mostly brown now with some green grass still showing.

Pretty view of the sky and looking up at the trees on the NCR trail.

Lately these cute Golden-crowned Kinglets are being seen and heard along the trails and during our walks. They are quick movers like the warblers. I also heard some Winter Wrens but they disappeared into the brush along the river.

A sunset from our backyard.

This moon shot was taken on Jan 3rd.

My view of the moon setting from my deck.

A sliver of a moon taken on Jan 5th. As always thank you for stopping by and for the nice comments.

To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit  Skywatch Friday
and check for more fence shots at Tex's Good Fences

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences this past year it has been fun looking for fences for my post. Also, thank you to Sylvia, Yogi  and Sandy for doing such a great job at hosting Skywatch Friday.    I wish everyone a happy day and weekend ahead..

Hashawha Nature Center

I have a list below of memes I am joining for this week, and to save time I am doing one post for all. They are all fun memes to participate in...I hope you can join in with the fun  and check out some of the participating posts. Special thanks to all the wonderful host and their memes, I hope you have some time to check them out.

On Jan 2nd hubby and I took a walk at a local park called Hashawha Environmental Center and a quick visit to the Bear Branch Nature Center. The park has many trails for walking or horseback riding, it was a little chilly breezy morning so we enjoyed a shorter walk than normal.

The Eastern Bluebirds were the most common bird seen during our walk. One of my favorite quotes. "The bluebird carries the sky on his back." Henry David Thoreau

A larger look at the Eastern Bluebird.

 The House Finches were eating these blue berries on possibly a Juniper Evergreen tree? The other tree is neat, I was guessing it is a Sumac tree? Any id help on the above trees is appreciated.

Is this a sumac tree?

The boardwalk trail next to the Hashawha Lake, some Dark-eyed Juncos were eating off the ground and trail in front of us.

Here is one shot for Tom's linky party a barn and silo at the Hashawha Environmental Center.

At the nature center they have a great pond and a trail which includes some birdhouses and feeders.

There were several what I believe are Winterberry bushes along the trail and outside the nature center.

A barn mosaic, the larger image is from Hashawha and the bottom left barn is one we pass on the road to the park.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed my post.

As always I appreciate your visits and nice comments. Thank you! Have a happy day and new week ahead!

Thanks for visiting my post and as always I appreciate your comments.


Thanks to Tom for hosting The Barn Collective

Thanks to Judith our  host of Mosaic Monday 

Thanks to Monica for hosting NF Trees

Thanks to Michelle for hosting Nature Notes

Thanks to the hosting team of Our World Tuesday!

Thanks to Stewart for hosting Wild Bird Wednesday

Saturday's Critter's #108

Saturday's Critter's #108

Happy Saturday, it's time to share your critters and post. Any kind of critter will do, even a new or old post.. I appreciate everyone who is linking in with this week's critter party.

I am sharing some of my yard birds from this past week. It has been cold outside and I have take all these shots from my dining room window.

 A male Cardinal with a Carolina Chickadee.

Those darn branches keep getting in my way.

The Blue Jays come around for the peanuts I sit out on our deck railing.


For Teresa's Friday's Photo Hunt. This weeks prompts. Thanks to Teresa for hosting..

1. The letter "B"
2. Week's favorite
3. Outside

My entry below for the letter B.. is too easy I am seeing lots of Birds in my yard.

One of my regular visitors... a Blue Jay.

For the prompt *Outside* I had a sighting of a Cooper's hawk outside my window.

A Cooper's hawk sitting in our weeping cherry tree. Needless to say all my feeder birds disappeared. I hope you enjoyed my yardbirds, what birds are you seeing in your yards?

An InLinkz Link-up

As always thanks for the visits and the nice comments. I also thank everyone who is linking up and sharing their critters.. Happy Saturday, have a great weekend!

To see more beautiful birds and cute critters, check out these two memes below.

Also visit:  I'd-Rather-B-Birdin. Thanks to the gracious host: Anni.  Also check out Camera Critters. Thanks to Misty for hosting this fun meme.

Just Local

I am linking up with Skywatch Friday  and Good Fences
I hope you can join in on the fun and share your fence scenes and pretty skies.

Still cleaning up some old files and another short post for my Skywatch Friday and Good Fences I am sharing various scenes from my neighborhood and yard.

Not far from our house we pass this rural scene on the way to my son's house.

The geese were enjoying a field that was recently cleared.

The sky during one of our recent walks looked pretty.

The only snow I've seen so far this year on Dec 19th, a light dusting on our deck. BTW, you can see our fence just past the deck railing..

A sunset from our deck, I like the pretty pink clouds.

Here are two shots of the moon taken on Dec 20th.

I had to wait till the moon rose above the trees for a clear shot. I believe there were some thin clouds around the moon. Someone previously asked about the setting for my moon photos. These are straight out of the camera which was on the AUTO setting and were hand held. I do not use a tripod for my photos, maybe they would be better if I did.

I hope you enjoyed the scenes and images. Thank you for stopping by and most all for the nice comments. Have a happy day and weekend ahead..

To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit  Skywatch Friday
and check for more fence shots at Tex's Good Fences

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences and thanks to Sylvia, Yogi  and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.    I wish everyone a happy day and weekend ahead..