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Sleeping on the Navajo fleabane

Well look who we discovered sleeping on a Navajo fleabane flower - a Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii This was taken in the...

bath time for the California towhee

In this warm weather the birds are starting to visit the birdbath very often. Usually they come by to drink the water. I've seen house...

California Bumble Bee!

This past weekend I spotted for the first time here a California Bumble Bee Bombus californicus . It was late afternoon and I noticed...

native blooms in the front yard

Now our efforts to transform the front yard are starting to be rewarded. The coreopsis grandiflora "Sunburst" is blooming, and what a...

wool carder bee on the lavender bush

I spotted the first wool carder bee of the year on the patio! It flew to every lavender whorl on a blossoming lavender plant. Diligently...

now blooming

Here is our first Navajo fleabane Erigeron divergens var. divergens blossom. This is no ordinary daisy, but a rare, very tough native of...

Bees on the patio

There is a lot of bee activity on the patio, but these creatures are so quick, that it's been a challenge trying to photograph them! Here...

Umber skipper on a butterfly bush leaf

Now that we have experienced some unseasonably hot days, the umber skippers are always flying around the plants on the patio, enjoying...

chatting with an Anna's hummingbird

I was sitting on the patio, taking a break from working in the garden, when I observed this Anna's hummingbird. It was happily feeding on...

Lavender Feathers poppy leaves

Good grief! Have you ever seen such huge leaves on a poppy plant? Abut a month ago I bought two Lavender Feathers seedlings from Annies...

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bees in the bay breeze

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bees in the bay breeze

bees in the bay breeze is a blog that features musings about nature,

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Sleeping on the Navajo fleabane

bath time for the California towhee

California Bumble Bee!

native blooms in the front yard

wool carder bee on the lavender bush

now blooming

Bees on the patio

Umber skipper on a butterfly bush leaf

chatting with an Anna's hummingbird

Lavender Feathers poppy leaves

bees in the bay breeze

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Some pollinator and native plant observations in our garden

Mosquito spraying kills beneficial insects

Birds in the Baths

Summer Long-horned male bees asleep

August Colors in the Garden

Sleeping bees

Mylitta Crescent balancing

Happy Pollinator Week!

The California natives are flourishing

The Summer Long-horned bees are here!

Busy Ivory-banded Digger Bees

Dragonflies in the garden

Happy World Bee Day!

Leave the Leaves!

Yay! Wool Carder Bees are here

Bird Migration Alert. Lights Out!

The butterflies are arriving

These Spring Sunsets

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