Our World, My World

Hello Happy Monday,  

Some images and the latest from my corner of the world and my neighborhood.


On Feb 3rd, we had a warm sunny day, perfect for a walk to the lake.  Just a short drive around the other side of our lake is one of my favorite places to walk. I wanted to take the fire road to the lake where we can see the eagles nest. 



"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." William Shakespeare



Walking along the fire road, I heard various woodpeckers, we saw the Northern Flicker and theTufted Titmouse were fussing at us.  I could here some Kinglets, Chickadees, there were one or two Common Mergansers on the lake with a group of Canada Geese.

 I could hear and see 2 juvenile Bald Eagles flying over us as we walked down the fire road.  They may be the juveniles born last year. 

 

"Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience." Ralph Waldo Emerson

 I looked across the lake to see the nest, it did not look like the Bald Eagle is there unless it is laying down low.  There was one adult Bald Eagle in a near by tree.

 At the end of the fire road we take a smaller trail that follow along the lake shore.

 Me and my shadow at the lake.

Views of our lake and the Canada Geese.

The adult Bald Eagle sitting in a tree not far from the nest.

 A pretty view of the lake

 The is a view of the field across from the parking lot at the beginning of the fire road.

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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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Happy Thankful Thursday!

 Happy Thankful Thursday!

On December 26th we spent the day at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. We drove the wildlife drive and saw a beautiful rainbow. This was our last full day in Florida, we saved the best place for last. 

"There is a rainbow of hope at the end of every storm."

 "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." Ralph Waldo Emerson

The birds seen were colorful too, the Little Blue Heron and the Roseate Spoonbill in the photo below. 

 "Colors are the smiles of nature."

 We saw lots of Tricolored Herons, White Ibis and the pretty Roseate Spoonbills.

 This Tricolored Heron posed nicely for me.

 "Nothing last forever, make every moment special."

 A bush full of Roseate Spoonbills.

 "Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud." Maya Angelou





At the visitor center we saw the Painted Buntings, the male is a beautiful bird with a rainbow of colorful feathers.

 A pretty sky and walk on the trail to the lookout tower.

 "Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make it's colors appear."

I am thankful to see a rainbow, I do not see them often.
I am thankful for the colors of nature.
I am always thankful for your visit and comments. 

Live simple and be happy!  😊




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Our World, My World

Happy Monday,

Happy February, the days are flying by. I am sharing our last day in Florida 2019, we visited the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.  We walked on the boardwalk trail at the visitor center, saw various turtles including the Florida Soft-shelled Turtle, an alligator, next to the boardwalk we saw orange trees and a giant lather fern.



"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder."   E.B. White

 I hope you all are not tired of seeing bird photos and post from me. I took close to 300 hundred photos just at the wildlife refuge.

 I love these Northern Shovelers, they have comical look to them. I think it is the big bill. 

Below are the Roseate Spoonbill, Spoonbill and Great Egret in flight, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Shoveler, American Avocets with gulls.

We have had many cold, cloudy and damp feeling days in January. On these days I tend to vegetate or what I call hibernate. I am reading a lot ebooks from my library and from Kindle Unlimited. Some of my recent favorite books are: The Long Call by Ann Cleeves, and I started an old series Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, my latest read now is The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.

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Thanks for visiting and commenting, have a happy day and a great new week!

Saturday's Critters #320

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!


Happy February!!
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!

On Christmas Day in Florida we visited the local Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve. Another new park, with a nice boardwalk  located in right in Flagler Beach.  The boardwalk (known as the marsh walk)  1.8 miles round trip with views of the Intracoastal and the mangrove swamp.

Click on the images for a  better  viewing.

This Great Egret was perched in a mangrove.

Brown Pelicans floating on the intracoastal waterway, GB Heron, Anhinga and a Little Blue Heron.

A few Yellow-rumped Warblers were seen in the trees and bushes next to the boardwalk.

We watched a pair of Belted Kingfishers flying around the waterway and mangroves.

This Great Blue Heron was standing in the exit road, I waited till it moved off before driving on.

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Thanks to all my visitors and for all the wonderful comments. I appreciate everyone who loves critters and has linked up their post.


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