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Great information about creating habitat for bees
This chart is from the Grow Native! website: https://grownative.org/
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The promise of Spring
Last autumn I strew California poppy seeds around the native patches in our yard. After the atmospheric rains this is the result, lush...
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Starlings foraging in the yard
Starlings are sometimes in the redwood tree, but I rarely see them. Imagine my surprise to see these two in our front yard, apparently...
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Another awesome sunset today
As you can see I never tire of looking at sunsets. In the winter they are always so dramatic, as was the sunset this evening. This view...
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A beautiful video of a monarch swarm in Mexico
https://youtu.be/lWOySU_hAz0
Western Monarch Conservation
I recently attended a webinar presented by Kimberley Young, Xerces Ambassador for Education and Conservation, Xerces Society for...