Birds finding tasty treats
A brown-eyed bushtit was very busy finding tasty insects on the Penelope rosebush. It is perched on a rose stem eyeing its target. To the...
More about our visiting bumble bees
Every morning on my way to work, and then when I return home, I check the ceanothus shrub for bees. There are always at least a few honey...
Life and death
Bees face so many perils, that it really is a wonder that they manage to stay alive. There are natural enemies such as predatory wasps,...
Hard workers
With the sunny weather these days, and plants producing their flowers, there are more bees in the garden collecting pollen and feeding on...
The Bumble Bees are back!
I am so excited to see Bumble Bees back in the garden! For the past few days I always see two bombus californicus California Bumble Bee...
American robin in the redwood tree
My first sighting of an American robin in our garden! While observing bees in the ceanothus, I heard a distinctly different bird call in...
Happy Easter from busy bees
What a beautiful sight! Bees all over the blooming Ray Hartman ceanothus shrub. How many honey bees do you see in this picture? When I...
Find the bird!
Sometimes you just have to be very still and look around carefully to observe wildlife. For example, can you find the house sparrow in...
Birds snacking
Today while I checked the garden between periods of rain showers, I heard a crow cawing. It seemed very insistent, so I looked up and saw...
Backyard blooms for the pollinators
The hummingbird salvia is starting to bloom. The blossoms are such a vivid magenta color, that they add a pop of brightness to the...
