Honey bee pollinating Sunshine blueberry blossoms
Honey bee approaching a blueberry blossom How wonderful to see a honey bee visiting the Sunshine blueberry bush. This means we'll have...
Splish splash, two bushtits in the bath
What a delight it was to observe not one, but two brown-eyed bushtits in the birdbath. Although we have seen groups of bushtits hopping...
Male carpenter bee and the Mexican salvia
The carpenter bees have been back in the garden for a couple of weeks now. I've only noticed male carpenter bees, who seem to be...
Bees on the Damsom plum blossoms
The Damsom plum tree by the driveway is in bloom. And the air is fragrant with the scent of plum blossoms. Both honey bees and leaf...
Heavy drops of dew
Borage blossoms and buds covered with dew Yesterday morning the dew in the garden was quite amazing. It looked as if it had rained...
Honey bee moving pollen to its baskets
On Sunday, while standing in the garden, I noticed a honey bee land on a leaf of the tree lavaterra. I noticed that it had some pollen on...
sunshine and blooms for the bees
honey bee on lavender blossom The lavender hedge looks best at this time of year. With winter rains and cooler weather the hedge always...
Cedar Waxwings!
Adult Cedar Waxwing I participated this weekend in the Great Backyard Bird Count, observing birds visiting our garden...
Ray Hartman Ceanothus gearing up for its big show soon
Our huge ceanothus shrub is developing tiny flower heads that will be in full bloom in one or two months. Once the shrub is in full...
Rosemary hedge = bees' diner
The winter rains have helped the rosemary hedges produce more blossoms, which are attracting a lot of bees. There is the sound of...
