Crops & Clips: April, 2012 Meme Mashup

My weekly potpourri gathered from the archives features... Looking back three years through the retro-spectroscope to the month of April, 2012...  Striving to find photos to match the various themes: Critters, Fences, Reflections, and Skies... Hoping to have two in each category, but will put no bag limit on critters, which I photograph in abundance.

CRITTERS:

Tricolored Heron in back yard, April 1, 2012



Brown Thrasher, April 2, 2012:



Black-necked Stilts, April 2, 2012:



 A male Queen (a contradiction in terms?), April 9, 2012:



Green Heron taking flight, April 10, 2012:



Green Heron female on April 11, 2012:



...and a few of bonus Critters, like all these photos, from our local wetlands...

White-tailed Deer, doe, April 15, 2012:



Raccoon, April 19, 2012:



Here is a video about some precocious week-old Green Heron babies in the local rookery (April 19, 2012). Now these are really "critters!":

Linking to Misty's  CAMERA CRITTERS,

Linking to Eileen's SATURDAY'S CRITTERS, ________________________________________________ 

FENCE:  I wasn't looking for fences in those days, so they are mostly accidental images. I only found one photo that included a fence. Sunrise over the gravel road (note the entry gate), April 11, 2012:



Linking to GOOD FENCES by Tex (Theresa). 

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SKYWATCH:  Harbour Lakes wetlands, April 18, 2012:



Look up and tell me which bird is different! Snowy Egret with 8 Cattle Egrets, April 11, 2012:



Linking to SKYWATCH FRIDAY by Yogi, Sylvia and Sandy

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REFLECTION: Killdeer, April 4, 2012:



Mottled Ducks, April 11, 2012:



Linking to WEEKEND REFLECTIONS by James ________________________________________________

Also:

Linking to BirdD'Pot by Anni

Linking to Wild Bird Wednesday by Stewart

Please visit the links to all these memes to see some excellent photos on display ________________________________________________