I haven't seen the Oriole since Friday so I am assuming its visit is now over. However it was a lovely visit for us sitting inside viewing its beauty through our windows.
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Baltimore Oriole
Friday, May 24, 2019
Northern Paraula for Saturday Critters
Saturday, May 18, 2019
A Muskrat for Saturday Critters
I love to find other critters other than birds out in the wild and yesterday I found a muskrat swimming in a large pond area. he first thing I did was look for the tail
to tell me if it was a beaver ( flat tail) or a muskrat ( skinny tail) and when I saw the tail I knew it wasn't a beaver! as you can see from the picture above it was a Muskrat. I was sitting in my car with my window rolled down nd thus could not get a variety of pictures but I did Iwill try to get a selection of poses to post here.
I am posting today to Eileen's Saturday Critters which can be found at: viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.ca
to tell me if it was a beaver ( flat tail) or a muskrat ( skinny tail) and when I saw the tail I knew it wasn't a beaver! as you can see from the picture above it was a Muskrat. I was sitting in my car with my window rolled down nd thus could not get a variety of pictures but I did Iwill try to get a selection of poses to post here.
I am posting today to Eileen's Saturday Critters which can be found at: viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.ca
Friday, May 17, 2019
Cowbirds
I hadn't seen a cowbird for quite a while, however yesterday afternoon I spied a grey bird in bird Alley that I was not familiar with and I finally concluded that it just might be a female cowbird!
My id of a female cowbird was somewhat verified shortly after when I saw a male brown-headed Cowbird feeding in Bird Alley.
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Barn Swallows

Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Our First Ruby-throated Hummingbird this Spring.
Hummingbirds ..
yesterday David bought a couple of new hummingbird feeders and
they are hanging in Bird Alley. I watched hopefully all afternoon yesterday but no sightings! However this morning I saw a Hummingbird in the small branches of Bird Alley, about two meters from a full, brightly coloured red feeder. I haven't seen any approach a feeder yet, but I'm quite sure it will happen sometime today. But will I be watching it at the time???? As you can see the red throat in the picture above, our first hummingbird visitor was a mle. As the day wore on the little bird became more comfortable with our area and visited the feeder often., He is back visiting and feeding again this morning.
yesterday David bought a couple of new hummingbird feeders and
they are hanging in Bird Alley. I watched hopefully all afternoon yesterday but no sightings! However this morning I saw a Hummingbird in the small branches of Bird Alley, about two meters from a full, brightly coloured red feeder. I haven't seen any approach a feeder yet, but I'm quite sure it will happen sometime today. But will I be watching it at the time???? As you can see the red throat in the picture above, our first hummingbird visitor was a mle. As the day wore on the little bird became more comfortable with our area and visited the feeder often., He is back visiting and feeding again this morning.
female Rose-breasted Grosbeak
I have been waiting for the arrival of a Rose-breasted Grosbeak and yesterday one arrived! However it was not the handsome male with its beautiful rose coloured breast, but instead a rather plain, uninteresting female arrived yesterday afternoon and also again this morning just a few minutes ago. Hopefully its male counterpart is nearby and it will arrive soon!?

When the male finally arrives I shall post its picture here as an update!
Saturday, May 04, 2019
A RuiffedGrouse for Saturday Critters
I saw this Ruffed Grouse sauntering slowly across a country road in a treed area. I slowed my car to very surely keep close to it taking pictures all the while. It never got scared away at any of the time.
Locally this bird is known as a Birch Partridge, apparently this is a misnomer.
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https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ruffed_grouse Dec 22, 2008 …" The ruffed grouse is frequently referred to as the "partridge" or as a "birch partridge." This is technically wrong, as partridges are unrelated …"
Locally this bird is known as a Birch Partridge, apparently this is a misnomer.
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https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ruffed_grouse Dec 22, 2008 …" The ruffed grouse is frequently referred to as the "partridge" or as a "birch partridge." This is technically wrong, as partridges are unrelated …"
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