Saturday's Critters # 453

 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!

My critters are from our yard and neighborhood.  The butterflies are loving the Buddleia, sometimes I see the Hummingbird fly into the bush to perch near the feeder. The Grand-dogs will be with us until my son has his fence built, it seems it takes a while to get HOA approvals. 

1. July 27th , our butterfly bush is filled with the yellow and black Tiger Swallowtail butterflies. I finally saw a Monarch at the same butterfly bush and a Admiral Butterfly.  

"Butterflies are nature's angels. They remind us what a gift it is to be alive."

2. July 27th, the Yellow Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly. 

" Happiness is found in the warm sun and butterflies."

3. July 27th , my first sighting of the season, the Monarch butterfly. 

4. Aug 1st, a walk on the fire road with the grand-dogs. Winnie the Corgi needs to stop and rest during the walks. 

5. Aug 2nd, I sat on our deck and just watched the butterflies at the Buddleia bush. I was happy to see a Monarch butterfly visiting again. Others in the mosaic are the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and Black Swallowtail. 

6.  Aug 2nd, same image as in the mosaic above, the Black Swallowtail butterfly.

7.  Aug 3rd, a few of my backyard birds, the Northern Cardinal, Mockingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and the Tufted Titmouse.

A few of the birds like the Mockingbird and the Cardinal were in our blueberry bush.

8. A Blue Jay sitting in the back yard pine tree. 

9. Aug 3rd, a Tufted Titmouse perched in the butterfly bush waiting to hop over to the deck railing for a peanut. 

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Saturday's Critters # 451

 Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

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A variety of photos and critters from our daily walks. 

1. July 18th, the fire roads are like an obstacle course having to climb over fallen trees from a recent storm, at the lake we saw the usual Belted Kingfisher, a Great Blue Heron flying away and the Canada Geese. Of course the grand-dogs are with us on our walk. 

2. July 19th, hubby and I hiked close to 3 miles on the NCR bike trail. Near the parking area we saw lots of Bee Balm and along the trail were blooming Hostas.

3. July 19th NCR trail, I always hear more birds than I can actually see, but we did have a good sighting of a Great Blue Heron. 

4. July 19th, back at home I watched a few birds come for the peanuts I put out on my deck railing. Below are the Blue Jay, Red-bellied Woodpecker and a Tufted Titmouse. 

5. July 19th A Tufted Titmouse sunning or anting? I see 5-6 Tufted Titmouse coming and going grabbing a peanut.

6. July 20th, a few of my backyard birds stopping by for some peanuts. The Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, the Gray Catbird practically lives in our blueberry bushes.

7. July 21, on our backyard Buddleia, butterfly bush is the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and the Hummingbird Moth. 

8. July 24th, hubby and I are still taking our morning walks, bird sightings have slowed quite a bit. I do hear birds but they are hidden in the trees. I have some images of a Goldfinch taking some dog hair for it's nest and the butterflies on the Buddleia. 

9. July 24th, An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail at the butterfly bush.

10.   July 24th , the American Goldfinch was taking Nibble's dog hair.  I assume they are working on a nest. It seems kind late in the summer for the nesting, maybe a second brood.

Bonus, July 31 my son and his family have moved into their new home. Below are hubby (Pop-Pop) with Mason and Wyatt below. The grand-dogs will be with us until my son is able to get a fence put around his yard, not sure how long the process will be. 

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Saturday's Critters # 436

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I have been feeding my yard birds some peanuts in and out of the shells. The peanuts attract some of my favorite yard birds, I see the Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers, Blue Jays, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadees, Cardinals, I am still seeing the winter birds like the White-throated Sparrows and the Dark-eyed Juncos. 

1. April 5th, the Blue Jays love the peanuts, they sit in the trees and just squawk letting me know they are hungry. 

2. The Blue Jays seen waiting for the peanuts to be put on the deck railing. 

3. A Tufted Titmouse can be quick at grabbing a peanut and flying off.

4. A mosaic of Blue Jays, Tufted Titmouse and a Eastern Phoebe almost hidden behind the branches. 

5. April 6th, Nibbles and Winnie take a walk on the fire road.

6. A Double-crested Cormorant is seen at the lake. 

7. April 7th, the dogs warned me by barking when they heard a banging on the window, I looked out and saw an American Robin sitting in the rhododendron outside out window.  A Cardinal looked on watching the Robin banging against the window. 

8. A larger sized photo of the American Robin, crazy bird survived the window. 

9. The Male Cardinal sitting on the gutter watching the Robin, saying I've been there, done that. 

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Saturday's Critters # 435

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

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I wish everyone a Blessed and Happy Easter and Passover! 🙏

I have a mish mash of photos from our walks on the fire road, the grand dogs Nibbles and Winnie and a bonus image. 🐰  🐤  🌼 

1. March 26th,  hubby and I took a walk on the NCR bike trail without the dogs. We passed a few other dog walkers and I saw and heard many birds. I could only catch one photo of a Sparrow in the brush along the trail. 

2.  A closer look at the Sparrow, is it a female White-throated Sparrow or a Song Sparrow.  I need to see the front of this bird, I did hear some WT SParrows during our walk. 

3.  March 26th, back at home I see a grab and go  Tufted Titmouse grabbing a peanut and taking off quickly. 

4.  March 30th, our walk to the lake with the grand-dogs. 

5. April 2nd, taking the grand dogs for a walk to the lake.  Looks like someone else likes our favorite spot at the lake. 

6.  As we walked the fire road to the lake, I noticed some Golden-crowned Kinglets moving around high in the tree tops. 

7. We wanted to see the Bald Eagles nest near the lake, images below are from our walk. Top left, Golden-crowned Kinglet, pine trees, Bald Eagle. Middle row, the female Bald Eagle on the nest, Prettyboy Reservoir, the male Bald Eagle in flight. Bottom row are the Canada Geese on the lake,  male and female Bald Eagle both at the nest and more Canada Geese. 

8. The male Bald Eagle is sitting above the nest, the female looks as if she is leaning over an eaglet. 

Bonus plus critters, we met up with our son and his family for lunch in Waynesboro Pa. Across the street from the restaurant was a dairy farm, I always love seeing the cows. 

"Take time to do what makes your soul happy."

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Saturday's Critters # 428

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My Grand-dogs are the only critters I have been seeing lately. I do hear some birds on our local walks with the dogs. A small group of Tufted Titmouse were fussing at us from their perches above our heads.  My yard birds have just disappeared. 

1. I have found a good use for the hair my grand-dog sheds. Below the archived photo is a Tufted Titmouse grabbing my old dog Goldie Girl's hair for a nest.  The Titmouse has a mouthful of dog hair. 

2. From my archives, a closeup of a Tufted Titmouse. 

These images below are all from my archives, birds seen during the month of February 2019 through Feb 2022. 

3. A backyard male Eastern Bluebird. 

4. A backyard American Goldfinch. 

5. A group of Yellow-rumped Warblers seen Feb 2021 in Assateague Island Md. 

6. Feb 2021, our backyard Pileated Woodpecker

7. Feb 2020 At the Prettyboy reservoir, A Bald Eagle perched in a tree not too far from the nest.  

8. Feb 7, 2022 a morning walk with Nibbles and Winnie on the fire road and to the lake.  

This post was a mish-mash, archived photos of some of my favorite birds and my grand-dogs Nibbles and Winnie. 

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Saturday's Critters # 390

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!

Can you believe, it is the first Saturday of June. Time is flying by, I am hoping to see some birds flying into or around my yard.  These are some birds I have seen recently during our local walks. 

Click on photos for best viewing!

1.  The end of April, I watched the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds coming and going to the feeder.

2. May 3rd, may have been my last sighting of the Red-breasted Nuthatch for the year.  

3. May 10th , I watched a female Black-throated Blue Warbler out my front window.  This view is from my exercise bike, I can watch various birds hopping around the rhododendrons and front yard. 

It is not the best photo taken out the window, these warblers move quickly. The female has a white arc under the eye and a little white wing patch.

4. May 16th, we took a walk on the local NCR bike trail. We saw a couple of Worm-eating Warblers chasing each other along the trail.

This warbler has a head stripe with black eye line and stripes on the buffy head.

5. I have been seeing bunnies in the back and front yard. I think the baby bunnies have grown quickly, but these two maybe the parents. 

6. The Tufted Titmouse is a year round visitor to my yard.  

7.  At our local Prettyboy Dam, the Cliff Swallows can be seen nesting under the dam bridge and flying over the reservoir.  

8. On another day we took a local walk on our fire road and to the lake. near the lake shore I saw a first year Baltimore Oriole, a first time seeing a Blackburnian Warbler in my neighborhood, a Red-eyed Vireo is bottom left, Canada Geese and some large Slider Turtles. 

9.  Not the best lighting looking up in the tree at this Blackburnian Warbler. 

I hope you enjoyed my yard and neighborhood birds.  Other birds I heard nearby but I was not able to take photos yet are: Ovenbird, Wood Thrush, unknown Thrush, Gray Catbird and the male Black-throated Blue Warbler, Indigo Bunting and the Scarlet Tanager. 

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!

Thanks to all my visitors and for your comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves critters and has linked up their critter post. 

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