How to help North American Birds
North American birds are in decline. Here are 8 simple ways to help them: https://www.npr.org/2022/04/13/1092678564/north-american-birds-...
Ivory Banded Digger Bees visiting patio plants
Now that the Blue Bush Lupine is blooming, bees visit it all day. It is an excellent nectar source for hummingbirds and bees. Here, the...
Turn your yard into an ecological oasis
Photo by Toni Genberg A great article by Tyler Wells Lynch https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2020/02/07/yard-sustainability-native-...
Oh my, there must already be eggs in the nest!
Well, that didn't take long. I took this photo a couple of days, just a day or two after I took the photos in the previous post of the...
House Finches nesting on our drainpipe
The house finches are back! Although these finches can be seen throughout the year in parts of the Bay Area, they always arrive in our...
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee and a California Poppy
Oh what a lovely sight! California poppies are blooming in the yard and the Yellow-faced bumble bees Bombus vosnesenskii are back,...
Wild, not Tame
Photo: Claire Takacs Great article on Forbes website about more interest in developing environmental friendly gardens:...
Butterflies are back!
Hooray, it's Spring! The front yard is bright with native plants in shades of purple, lavender and orange. Shortly after the blooming...
First sighting ever of a Western Bluebird in the garden
Photo by Brooke Miller/Macaulay Library This afternoon I happened to look out the living room window and saw a bird perched on a tall...
