Viewing nature with Eileen

Monday, January 19, 2026

Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."

Red-winged Blackbirds, Bosque Del Apache NWR, New Mexico, Oct 2013.

"Colors are the smiles of nature."

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

Comments off, enjoy your day!

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Saturday's Critters # 631

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!

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir

I am sharing a mish-mash of photos, from our walks and my back yard and some from my archives and travels.

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1. Two of my common back yard birds, the Dark-eyed Junco and the Carolina Wren.

2. Mid-day on a Sunday, I had a cold and windy walk to the lake with Miney and hubby. I rarely see the little birds on windy days, they stay hunkered down somewhere. I did hear an Eagle calling and a loud Red-bellied Woodpecker. I could hear Crows calling loudly in the distance.

3. NCR bike trail, I saw three Northern Flickers pecking at the ground, Miney and Hubby on the trail.

4. In the our back yard the Blue Jays wait for me to put out some bird food for them.

5. Our first snow storm with 4-6 inches of snow. Miney looks at the shovel and says when are you going to get this done?

From my archives, various trips we took to Costa Rica, Panama and Belize I was thrilled to see various toucans.

6. Collared Aracari Toucan, seen in Costa Rica and Belize.

The photo below was taken from the resort balcony, there were 3 Collared Aracari toucans perched in a distant tree.

7. Keel-billed Toucan, seen in Costa Rica and Panama.

Below is another Keel-billed Toucan seen during a boat ride in Panama.

8. The Yellow-throated Toucan or is it the Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, seen in Costa Rica.

I hope you enjoyed these birds, they were a treat to see. The Toucans are one of my many favorite birds, seen during our travels to Costa Rica, Panama and Belize.

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.