Honey Bees in the birdbath
Yesterday around 5 pm I checked the birdbath to see if the water needed to be changed or replenished. This is the scene I came upon,...
Bush Monkey-flowers
Bush Monkey-flowers Diplacus aurantiacus are also known as Sticky Monkey-flowers. They got their name because they have a mouth-like...
Ants are important!
Read more here: https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/ants/ecological-importance?fbclid=IwAR0mID2dAHUlXk8u9yRiOjak6fOVYtbK7FGBa2XI3Ka7wHU...
Mama house finch has abandoned the nest
Oh dear! There may be no incubation of finches in the nest that was built on the drainpipe outside of our house. I only saw mama house...
Ivory banded digger bee
At last I was able to take a photo of a bee gathering pollen from the native Woolly Blue Curls Trichostema lanatum growing in our native...
Native wildflowers springing up in the garden
What a delight it is to discover native wildflowers in different parts of the front yard! Late last autumn I sprinkled native wildflower...
Turn out the lights for bird migration! Happening now.
Click on this link on Birdcast to follow bird migration currently happening in North America. These real-time analysis maps show...
Happy Earth Day!
Today is the first time I observed a Wool Carder bee visiting the plants around the patio. After some hours of welcome rain in the early...
First Mining Bee sighting of the year
Ever since the delightful Birds Eye aka Tricolored Gilia began to pop up in the native garden, I've been waiting for the mining bee...
Cedar Waxwings are back
Just when I was afraid that the cedar waxwings weren't returning this year, they reassured me with their presence. With the sound like a...
