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 Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful Dads!

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Saturday's Critters # 600

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!

Tomorrow is Father's day, I wish all Fathers in blogland a very happy day!

Wow, 600 Saturday's Critters posts, thanks to all who participate and share their beautiful critters!

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1. April 27th, NCR rail to trail walk. I captured a Hawk flying over the trail.  It was a pretty blue sky day. 

2. April 28th, below are the spring blooms in our yard: the Columbine, Dogwood tree, Redbud tree, white Azaleas, Pink Azalea and light purple Creeping Phlox.

Miney on the fire road and a Pink Lady Slipper starting to bloom.

The Merlin list of birds I heard while taking Miney for a walk on the fire road. 

3. April 29th, hubby and I went on a bird walk at the Cromwell Valley Park near Towson Md. I saw lots of Robins, the Gray Catbirds were calling and a Eastern Kingbird was perched near the parking lot. 

Cromwell Valley Park is a great place to see the Baltimore Orioles.  We saw a few and heard even more calling. 

Here are lists of most of the birds we saw and heard at Cromwell Valley Park. 

4. April 30th, my backyard birds are the Peacock on our deck railing and the pair of Bluebirds. 

5. May 1st, a walk with Miney on our local fire road, I keep my Merlin App on listening to the birds while walking. The Yellow-breasted Chat is not often seen here, it is listed on the chart. Maybe it was flying over?

I look forward to seeing the Pink lady Slipper orchids growing along the local fire road. This plant had two blooms and was the first plant to bloom. 

6. May 2nd, another walk and a different section of the NCR trail. There were some wildflowers blooming, my favorite are the wild pink azaleas. I am pretty sure the bird in the last row is a Northern Parula, I heard him calling. 

Back at home I saw the Gray Catbird in the back yard, standing on the top of the Bluebird house. 

7. Flashback images from June 2018 and our road trip to Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. I saw a few warblers while walking on the trails in the park. Below is the Chestnut-sided Warbler.

Below is the Yellow-rumped Warbler.

"The birds of hope are everywhere listen to them sing."

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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Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"A good life is a collection of happy memories."

On the road in Ireland May 2023.

"A memory is a photograph taken by the heart to make a special moment last forever."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday's Critters # 599

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!

Again I am sharing a mish-mash of photos dating back to late April. The photos are from our walks to the lake, on the local fire road and from my back yard. 

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1. April 22nd, another day and another walk with Miney to the lake.  We saw a few Double-crested Cormorants and the turtles were out sunning on the rock and logs. 

"Bird songs, nature's sweet melodies."

2. April 22nd, I use the Merlin app to id the birds I heard on our walk to the lake. It seems we have a mix of year round birds, winter birds and the new arrivals for the summer season. 

The Pine Warbler is a breeder in my area, I often seen and hear them on my deck and in our yard. The male is a bright yellow color with some streaks on it's chest. 

3. April  22nd, my metal moose is being surrounded by the creeping phlox.

4. April 23rd,  this is my first sighting of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird this spring.  I am always happy to see them return to my yard and feeder. The background is our Redbud tree which looked beautiful this Spring.

5. April 23rd, my back yard birds are the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, I saw and heard the Great-crested Flycatcher and a Tufted Titmouse.

I am including an older photo of the Great-crested Flycatcher, it is  pretty bird. 

6. April 24th, our walk with Miney on the local fire road and a Carolina Chickadee on top of  a pine tree. 

I am sharing an older photo of mine which shows the pretty Northern Parula.

7. April 26th, in between rain drops I stood on my deck and listened to the birds that are around my yard.  It was nice to hear the Wood Thrush back for the summer season. 

Here is an older collage of the Ovenbird, it is another bird that breeds in my area.  We hear them often on our walk now, they have a loud call. 

8. Flashback to some of my Florida birds, the Limpkin was seen in various parks during our visits.  I included one of my videos where the Limpkin is calling, they make a strange sound. Limpkins are large wading birds, they have long curved bill which is yellow with a dark tip. They eat mainly apple snails. 

Flashback Florida various sightings of the Limpkin:

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.

Check out  Catblogosphere.com

Here is my linky:

Thank you for sharing your critters and post! 

Happy Monday!

 Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tunes without the words and never stops at all. Emily Dickinson

Saffron Finches seen in Curacao.

May my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living. E.E. Cummings

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

Comments off, enjoy your day!