Don't use rodenticides!
Barn owl photo sourced from the article below Let owls be your natural exterminators. Here is a great article that explains further the...
Dark-eyed Junco visits
The only time I ever saw a Dark-eyed Junco was the very first winter we lived in our current home, almost five years ago. It was early...
Black Phoebe after its bath
So happy to finally capture images this lovely bird! The black phoebes Sayornis nigricans are daily visitors to the garden, and usually...
Birds outperform pesticides
Great article from the Cornell Lab! Northern Parula by Ryan Sanderson/McCauley Library https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/at-orchards-and...
Pokeweed?
We have a tall pokeweed growing next to our native garden. It planted itself there, probably seeds deposited by a bird, a couple of years...
Oak titmouse in the bath
We haven't seen any Oak titmice for a while, but definitely hear the distinctive songs and chatter. Yesterday afternoon while sitting in...
California Towhee fledgling visiting
Fledglings are always so cute to observe. You can tell they are not quite adults, not only from the partially still fluffy plumage, but...
Brown eyed Bushtit fledgling
A group of Brown-eyed bushtits visited the patio, including a fledgling. It caught my interest because of its behavior. After the rest of...
Brown-eyed Bushtits on the Abutilon
Oh, how I love to watch the bushtits descend upon the garden. Around the patio one of their favorite places to feed is on the Tiger Eye...
