Shenandoah National Park

Happy Monday, have a great day!


These are some images from a recent day trip to Shenandoah National Park. We enjoyed the drive on Skyline Drive, hiked on the Limberlost Trail and a walk on the Big Meadows to see the flowers and butterflies.  

We saw lots of deer along the Limberlost Trail.

Eastern Bluebirds were a nice sighting at the Big Meadows.

Mushroom seen along the trail.

We saw lots of butterflies during our Big Meadows walk. 

Monarch on the Thistle at the Big Meadows.

These flowers were seen along the side of the Skyline drive.

 


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Saturday's Critters # 247

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Some more photos from Bombay Hook NWR, the Great Blue Heron was chasing away another heron while he was trying to eat his fish. 

Belted Kingfisher, I think this is the male. The female has a rust colored breast band. 

The Snowy Egret tree, they look like decorations. 

I cropped the photo above so I could make sure these were the Snowy Egrets, so I could see their yellow feet.

This tree has the Kingfisher on the left and the Egrets on the right.

Two Night Herons, I am not sure if they are the Yellow-crowned or the Black Crowned?

A cool shot of the Great Blue Heron. 

The Eagle nest with a Bald Eagle sitting below and off the the right. 

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Thankful Thursday

Happy Thankful Thursday!

These are images from our visit to Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge in Smyrna Delaware.  We had bird sightings galore and a beautiful sunset. 

A view of the marsh land, in the distant tree there is an eagle nest. You can make their nest in one of the taller bare trees. A Great Blue Heron is standing close the the grasses. 

American Avocets, the have a thin curved bill and they are white with black wings. 

Osprey has a meal below.

Below are two Great Egrets easily id with their yellow bill, dark legs and feet. The Great Blue Heron has a fish it was trying to eat.  I am not sure if the smaller bird is a juvenile Little Blue, it's beak looks dark at the end. The Snowy Egret has a dark bill.

A plane from the Dover Air Force base with the moon behind.

The sunset and a pretty reflection.

The moon on  Aug 23, 2018

I am thankful and happy to see a pretty sunset. 
I am thankful for our last minute getaways and overnight road trips.
I am always thankful for all your visits and comments. 


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Happy Monday, enjoy your day and new week!

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Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware

Hello & Happy Monday!

Happy Labor Day!

Can you believe it is September already? The days and weeks are flying by. I am sharing some recent photos of an overnight trip to Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge in Delaware. We spent the night in nearby Dover Delaware. The shorebirds are on the move, we saw lots of Herons, Egrets,  flowers and the Slider Turtles.  


On the way, I found a sunflower field next to the road. 

A green heron playing peek a boo.

 Egrets were plentiful around the wildlife drive.

Egrets and various shorebirds. 

A juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron

Some cardinal flowers growing at the edge of the marsh land.

Some slider turtles, one has a different view. 

Pretty unknown wildflowers. 

Thanks for your visit today!  I hope you enjoyed my post and photos.

Thanks to the hosting team of Our World Tuesday!

I hope to see you there. Thanks to the host today. Enjoy your day and new week.

As always I thank you for stopping by and as always I appreciate your comments.

Saturday's Critters # 246

Welcome to Saturday's Critters !

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!

My hummers will be leaving soon, so I have been taking lots of photos while they are still around my yard.  I also have a pair of Houses Finches and a Monarch photos on the butterfly bush. 

House Finch couple, the male is a pretty bright red.

This may be a juvenile male Ruby-throated Hummingbird. I see a small red dot on it's chest.

One morning, I looked out at my hummingbird feeder and saw a hummer hanging still and upside down from the feeder. I thought it died. I went outside and was almost to the feeder and the hummer flew away. It was very strange, I am just glad it was OK.

Monarch on Butterfly bush.

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Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!